What is 79 times greater than 78?

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

Let's assume the answer = 6162 (since 79 x 78 = 6162). Then shouldn't this statement be true?:

6162 is greater than 79 x 78.

But that is not true. 6162 is not greater than 79 x 78. It is the same!

To make it greater, we could make make a formula like (a+1)b where a=79 and b=78 to get this answer:

(79 + 1) x 78 = 6240

But if that is the case, why not simply say "What is 80 times 78?" 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 79 times greater than 78, they mean 79 times as much as 78 which equals 6162. We recommend that you ask them to clarify what they mean.

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