What is 70 times greater than 68?

70 times greater than 68 seems easy enough, but is it?

Let's assume the answer = 4760 (since 70 x 68 = 4760). Then shouldn't this statement be true?:

4760 is greater than 70 x 68.

But that is not true. 4760 is not greater than 70 x 68. It is the same!

To make it greater, we could make make a formula like (a+1)b where a=70 and b=68 to get this answer:

(70 + 1) x 68 = 4828

But if that is the case, why not simply say "What is 71 times 68?" 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 70 times greater than 68, they mean 70 times as much as 68 which equals 4760. We recommend that you ask them to clarify what they mean.

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