What is 78 times greater than 17?

78 times greater than 17 seems easy enough, but is it?

Let's assume the answer = 1326 (since 78 x 17 = 1326). Then shouldn't this statement be true?:

1326 is greater than 78 x 17.

But that is not true. 1326 is not greater than 78 x 17. It is the same!

To make it greater, we could make make a formula like (a+1)b where a=78 and b=17 to get this answer:

(78 + 1) x 17 = 1343

But if that is the case, why not simply say "What is 79 times 17?" 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 78 times greater than 17, they mean 78 times as much as 17 which equals 1326. We recommend that you ask them to clarify what they mean.

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