What is 40 times greater than 80?

40 times greater than 80 seems easy enough, but is it?

Let's assume the answer = 3200 (since 40 x 80 = 3200). Then shouldn't this statement be true?:

3200 is greater than 40 x 80.

But that is not true. 3200 is not greater than 40 x 80. It is the same!

To make it greater, we could make make a formula like (a+1)b where a=40 and b=80 to get this answer:

(40 + 1) x 80 = 3280

But if that is the case, why not simply say "What is 41 times 80?" 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 40 times greater than 80, they mean 40 times as much as 80 which equals 3200. We recommend that you ask them to clarify what they mean.

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