A is 5 times greater than B 是啥意思？

lmiltamy

但我記得prep中也有這樣的陳述...a is 5 times greater than  b
應該a>5 b   應該是a=6b才是~~~~

zmy19880908

Date: 05/02/99 at 01:39:30
From: Kenny Ng
Subject: As much as & Greater than

I would like to ask you the following questions.

1) A number is five times greater than x. Will this number be 6x
  or 5x?

2) A number is five times as much as x. Will this number be 5x or 6x?

I myself think that the answer to question 1 should be 6x, and the
answer to question 2 should be 5x. But my maths teacher disagrees.
Can you help me?


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Date: 05/03/99 at 17:06:19
From: Doctor Peterson
Subject: Re: As much as & Greater than

Hi, Kenny. Interesting question!

I would say that both are 5x,


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http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/52334.html

sweetsfactory

thanks!!!

NoDoubt88

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那个网站的最后一部分
So here's my answer: "N times more than X" technically should mean
(N+1)X, but is so commonly used to mean NX that it would be dangerous
to follow the former interpretation without asking questions. I'm
going to keep looking for a dictionary or other authoritative source
to support one view or the other (or both, most likely).

于是我更加纠结了~

annabananabobo

我觉得是6倍。。。好像官方指南上有类似的用法 所以我有点印象
不过大家这么一说 我非常犹豫了。。
期待大牛们出来解读

ccfelicia

但我記得prep中也有這樣的陳述...a is 5 times greater than  b
應該a>5 b   應該是a=6b才是~~~~

-- by 会员 lmiltamy (2011/1/12 14:56:43)

a=6b prep上有一道题问的就是5 times greater than b是按照6b算的

MichelleLYON

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那个网站的最后一部分
So here's my answer: "N times more than X" technically should mean
(N+1)X, but is so commonly used to mean NX that it would be dangerous
to follow the former interpretation without asking questions. I'm
going to keep looking for a dictionary or other authoritative source
to support one view or the other (or both, most likely).

于是我更加纠结了~

-- by 会员 NoDoubt88 (2011/1/12 15:44:38)

分析他说的意思就是学术上是6倍的意思，日常是5倍，G应该算前者吧~~

Amlay

A=5B，if A=6B, the expression is that A is greater than 5 times of B

tinnashen

A=5B  确认

xunxunD

同意A=5B的童鞋们，还记得prep里内道题么：the total of company C's assets in 1994 was 300 percent greater than the total in 1993，which in turn was 400 percent greater than the total in 1992. If the total of Company C's assets in 1992 was N dollars, which of the following represents the Company C's assets, in dollors in 1994?

a) 7N  
b) 8N
c) 9N
d) 12N
e) 20N