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

Question

How do you read x in phrases "1 x 24 hours".

Do you read x as time? Thanks

Answer 1

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

Answer 2

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.

Answer 3

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:)

Answer 4

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!

Answer 5

What's the context?

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

Answer 6

Times.

e.g. 1 times 24 hours.

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

Answer 7

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".

Answer 8

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.

Answer 9

without a context i cannot determine if its times or by

Answer 10

i read it as "by" but that's just me.