What is 97 times greater than 16?

97 times greater than 16 seems easy enough, but is it?

Let's assume the answer = 1552 (since 97 x 16 = 1552). Then shouldn't this statement be true?:

1552 is greater than 97 x 16.

But that is not true. 1552 is not greater than 97 x 16. It is the same!

To make it greater, we could make make a formula like (a+1)b where a=97 and b=16 to get this answer:

(97 + 1) x 16 = 1568

But if that is the case, why not simply say "What is 98 times 16?" 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 97 times greater than 16, they mean 97 times as much as 16 which equals 1552. We recommend that you ask them to clarify what they mean.

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