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Zany banana 409 Posted 9 years ago
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What number greater...

Can we say 'what number' instead of how much in the following?

What number is 3 greater/ what number greater is 3 than 1?

(How much greater is 3 than 1?)

  

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Here are some comments. What number is 3 greater than? OK.

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  • Here are some comments.
  • What number is 3 greater than?
  • OK.
  • Possible answers 0, 1 , 2 What number greater is 3 than 1?
  • Incorrect How much greater is 3 than 1?
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Here are some comments.

What number is 3 greater than? OK. Possible answers 0, 1 , 2

What number greater is 3 than 1? Incorrect

How much greater is 3 than 1? OK, but this sounds clumsy to me.


Can we say 'what number' instead of how much in the following? ie What number greater is 3 than 1? Incorrect.

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