What is 97 times greater than 42?

97 times greater than 42 seems easy enough, but is it?

Let's assume the answer = 4074 (since 97 x 42 = 4074). Then shouldn't this statement be true?:

4074 is greater than 97 x 42.

But that is not true. 4074 is not greater than 97 x 42. It is the same!

To make it greater, we could make make a formula like (a+1)b where a=97 and b=42 to get this answer:

(97 + 1) x 42 = 4116

But if that is the case, why not simply say "What is 98 times 42?" 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 42, they mean 97 times as much as 42 which equals 4074. We recommend that you ask them to clarify what they mean.

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