Times means multiplied by and can’t be used to show something that is smaller.
- 3 x (times/multiplied by) 4 = (is/equals) 12.
Battery A has three times less power than battery B.- Battery B has three times more power than battery A.
- Battery A has one third of the power of battery B.
- Battery A has 33% of the power of battery B.
YouTube runs four times slower on Chrome than on Firefox.- YouTube runs four times faster on Firefox than on Chrome.
- YouTube runs one quarter of the speed on Chrome than it does on Firefox.
- YouTube runs 25% of the speed on Chrome than it does on Firefox.