In mathematical terms 333 would be more of the numbers being multiplied together, which would make it 27. If x=2, y=3, and z=4, the equation of A=XYZ would be A=24. So having 3 added together 3 times to equal 9 does not equal 333. Plus what happened to the 5 from 5 x 9? Did you decide it was worthless and decided to just throw it away?