A few days ago

Anonymous

I’ve asked this question before, but people don’t get what I meant. So I asked it again here.?

How do you read x in phrases “1 x 24 hours”.

Do you read x as time? Thanks

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A few days ago

kendavi

Favorite Answer

What you need is “one unit of 24 hours” (x = unit)

A few days ago

[email protected]

If it’s 1 x 24 hours it means 24 hours or 1 time per day. If it only says 1 x 24 it means multiply the numbers. For example 3 x 6 would be 18 units of whatever your looking at be it time, money, pieces, etc. Hope this helps.

A few days ago

Anonymous

Yes it’s 1 times 24 hours, or maybe its 1 muliplied by 24 hours. No it’s definately 1 times 24. Yep that sounds right:)

A few days ago

lesleyyelsel

I think this is all a matter of opinion. I read ‘x’ in a phrase as only a separator or in place of ‘number’ and you don’t actually speak the word. For example, ‘she needed 1 x 3ft long fence post’ to complete the job, or ‘1 No. 3ft long ‘ etc. It is often used when receiving estimates for work and separates two figures for clarification, as opposed to one three foot long fence post which does not require separator.

Hope this clarifies!

A few days ago

What’s the context?

If it’s something like a prescription, then yes: it’s one time in (or once per) each 24 hours.

A few days ago

Edinburgh Stingers

Times.

e.g. 1 times 24 hours.

It can be use to mean “of”, as in a recipe for instance: 2x eggs (2 eggs).

A few days ago

picador

In your example, x = “per”. Perhaps the diversity of replies has addled my brain even more than usual, but I started to wonder why 1 x (pick a number) is “times” rather than “time”.

A few days ago

John V

x appears to be a “times” sign, but i would take this as a prescription drug instruction, i.e., to be taken once in a 24 hour period.

A few days ago

Anonymous

without a context i cannot determine if its times or by

A few days ago

Kitty

i read it as “by” but that’s just me.

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