Why do we count the initial number when we say something is X times bigger?

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Why do we count the initial number when we say something is X times bigger?

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1 times **the size** = the same size.

2 times the size = twice the size… which is twice as big… and 2 times bigger than 1. But that doesn’t mean SQUARED.

The way it’s phrased can confuse the math of it all.

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