Asked by Jianguo
I am looking at following question:
Anna is 1.8m tall and her pet flea is 1.8mm tall. How many times is Anna taller than her pet flea?
the answer of the book is 1.8x1000/1.8=1000
but I am afraid that it is not correct. it should be that Anna is 1000 times as tall as her pet flea, not 1000 times taller than her pet flea.
Am I right? cheers!
Anna is 1.8m tall and her pet flea is 1.8mm tall. How many times is Anna taller than her pet flea?
the answer of the book is 1.8x1000/1.8=1000
but I am afraid that it is not correct. it should be that Anna is 1000 times as tall as her pet flea, not 1000 times taller than her pet flea.
Am I right? cheers!
Answers
Answered by
Steve
It is true that Anna is not 1000mm taller, but in this case, the "times" indicates a multiplicative factor, and almost no one would interpret it as you have indicated.
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