How long is half hour?
30 minutes
Does years old have a hyphen?
“Year old” should be hyphenated when it modifies a noun that follows it. That is, when the phrase is describing the age of a person, place, or thing, and it precedes that noun in a sentence, then it should be written as year-old.
Is it an hour ago or a hour ago?
Because hour is typically pronounced with a silent h, an hour is correct. I wrote a blog post about an vs a on the EL&U blog some time ago, and it covers a wide variety of other cases that you might be interested in. An hour is correct, because “hour” begins with a vowel sound.
What does 100 percent faster mean?
100% faster means speed is increased by 100%, i.e., double speed. So, you don’t reduce time by 100%, but by 50%. If it’s 200% faster, you get 3x speed. In your example, you’d charge the battery in 2.5 and 1.6 minutes, respectively.
Do we say an hour or a hour?
You should say, ‘an hour’ (because hour begins with a vowel sound) and ‘a history’ (because history begins with a consonant sound). You should say ‘a union’ even if union begins with a ‘u’. This is because the pronunciation begins with ‘yu’, a consonant sound.
What does 200 percent increase mean?
An increase of 100% in a quantity means that the final amount is 200% of the initial amount (100% of initial + 100% of increase = 200% of initial). In other words, the quantity has doubled. An increase of 800% means the final amount is 9 times the original (100% + 800% = 900% = 9 times as large).
Does .5 mean half?
1/2 – Half Or . 5.
Is it 3 years old or 3 year old?
When you combine the words in the phrase “three years old” by hyphenating them to make it an adjective or a noun, you must use the singular noun (year). So the correct phrase is: Three-year-old seedling.
What does 2x speed mean?
While 1x speed would play a video at normal speed, 2x speed would play a video twice as quickly and thus save you half the time.
Which way does apostrophe go in years?
When abbreviating a year, remove the first two numbers and indicate the omission by using an apostrophe:
- 2009 becomes ’09 (not ’09)
- 2010 becomes ’10 (not ’10)
- 2525 becomes ’25 (if we’re still alive)
How is something more than 100?
Fractions can be greater than 1, and percentages can be greater than 100. It’s only when the fraction or percentage refers to a part of a whole that we can’t go beyond the whole. (Of course, sometimes “whole” doesn’t mean all there is, but just a whole item of which there are more, as in the pizza example.)
How do you calculate 10 times fast?
10h 10x faster is one hour, so get any upgrade timer, take away a 10h turn them to 1 add them back. 1d timer for example, 24-10=14 that 10 goes faster by 10 times so its a 1h put the one bacc with the regular timer 15h total.
What is 1.5 fold increase?
fold change is simply a proportion. 2 fold = 2:1, or 200% of base (so double). 1.5 fold is 1.5 times base (so 50% increase). 0.5 fold is one half.
WHY A is used before year?
The article “a” is used before words that begin with a consonant sound. The letter “y” can function either as a vowel or a consonant. In the case of the word “year,” it functions as a consonant, so “a year” is correct.
Is 1.5 times the same as 150?
Saying ‘1.5 times more’ technically means 250. However, some saying it probably meant to say ‘1.5 times as much’, which means 150.