What is 21 times greater than 65?

21 times greater than 65 seems easy enough, but is it?

Let's assume the answer = 1365 (since 21 x 65 = 1365). Then shouldn't this statement be true?:

1365 is greater than 21 x 65.

But that is not true. 1365 is not greater than 21 x 65. It is the same!

To make it greater, we could make make a formula like (a+1)b where a=21 and b=65 to get this answer:

(21 + 1) x 65 = 1430

But if that is the case, why not simply say "What is 22 times 65?" instead of saying "times greater than?"

We do not think there is a correct answer, because the question can be misinterpreted.

It seems that when many people write 21 times greater than 65, they mean 21 times as much as 65 which equals 1365. We recommend that you ask them to clarify what they mean.

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