What is 85 times greater than 87?

85 times greater than 87 seems easy enough, but is it?

Let's assume the answer = 7395 (since 85 x 87 = 7395). Then shouldn't this statement be true?:

7395 is greater than 85 x 87.

But that is not true. 7395 is not greater than 85 x 87. It is the same!

To make it greater, we could make make a formula like (a+1)b where a=85 and b=87 to get this answer:

(85 + 1) x 87 = 7482

But if that is the case, why not simply say "What is 86 times 87?" 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 85 times greater than 87, they mean 85 times as much as 87 which equals 7395. We recommend that you ask them to clarify what they mean.

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