What is 82 times greater than 2?

82 times greater than 2 seems easy enough, but is it?

Let's assume the answer = 164 (since 82 x 2 = 164). Then shouldn't this statement be true?:

164 is greater than 82 x 2.

But that is not true. 164 is not greater than 82 x 2. It is the same!

To make it greater, we could make make a formula like (a+1)b where a=82 and b=2 to get this answer:

(82 + 1) x 2 = 166

But if that is the case, why not simply say "What is 83 times 2?" 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 82 times greater than 2, they mean 82 times as much as 2 which equals 164. We recommend that you ask them to clarify what they mean.

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