What is 77 times greater than 21?

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

Let's assume the answer = 1617 (since 77 x 21 = 1617). Then shouldn't this statement be true?:

1617 is greater than 77 x 21.

But that is not true. 1617 is not greater than 77 x 21. It is the same!

To make it greater, we could make make a formula like (a+1)b where a=77 and b=21 to get this answer:

(77 + 1) x 21 = 1638

But if that is the case, why not simply say "What is 78 times 21?" 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 77 times greater than 21, they mean 77 times as much as 21 which equals 1617. We recommend that you ask them to clarify what they mean.

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