What is 84 times greater than 85?

84 times greater than 85 seems easy enough, but is it?

Let's assume the answer = 7140 (since 84 x 85 = 7140). Then shouldn't this statement be true?:

7140 is greater than 84 x 85.

But that is not true. 7140 is not greater than 84 x 85. It is the same!

To make it greater, we could make make a formula like (a+1)b where a=84 and b=85 to get this answer:

(84 + 1) x 85 = 7225

But if that is the case, why not simply say "What is 85 times 85?" 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 84 times greater than 85, they mean 84 times as much as 85 which equals 7140. We recommend that you ask them to clarify what they mean.

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