Do you also count apples in a basket by multiplying them to each other to make a total? If so you need to go back to first grade. It's obvious we count gods the regular way we do everything else. When you count Zeus and Hermes is that 1 god (Zeus) x 1 god (Hermes) = 1 god or is that 1 god (Zeus) + 1 god (Hermes) = 2 gods? You also can't resort to special pleading here because you also use the regular counting method for the persons in the godhead