When did "times" become a verb?

I was in my Calculus class today and I heard one guy say, "Yeah, then you times both sides of the equation by 2"

This person has been speaking English his whole life and knows no other language. THE VERB IS MULTIPLY

What are some things that people commonly say that aren't right?

Alot of students (and people) say that. Even I do at times.

thats new?? people use that all that time when it come to math.

Multiply is too long. Times owns multiply.

I suppose some verbs that technically don't make sense are those which are made from nouns. Such as "I'm buttering some toast." Makes sense, but does it really?

I see nothing wrong saying times instead of multiply. I do it on many occassions, as well as many other people I know.

It does sound odd when used in some cases but yeah, it's been used for a while now.

I may be in the minority on this one, but IMO it makes people sound kind of dumb.bluezy

Saying 9 times 9 = 81 makes people sound dumb? How would you say it professor?

Saying 9 times 9 = 81 makes people sound dumb? How would you say it professor?

[QUOTE="bluezy"]I may be in the minority on this one, but IMO it makes people sound kind of dumb.Large_Soda

Saying 9 times 9 = 81 makes people sound dumb? How would you say it professor?

I remember that being the first way they taught you to say out multiplication probems.. I dont see the problem with it.
Its like saying Take away instead of Minus.

Lucas further explained what I said. I have no problem with it being said in part of the equation, but when people say "you times it by 3" or something. That, in my opinion, makes people sound kind of dumb.bluezy

[QUOTE="Large_Soda"]

[QUOTE="bluezy"]I may be in the minority on this one, but IMO it makes people sound kind of dumb.bluezy

Saying 9 times 9 = 81 makes people sound dumb? How would you say it professor?

Fair enough. I was reading your post as blanket statement, but this clarifies it. Thanks professor.

I think "times" is a short way of expressing i.e., x times of y, or x amount of y.

If you're beyond second grade, 'times' is not a verb.

Cripes. How much harder is it to just say the right thing?

I'm baffled to see so many people admitting to saying it that way.

I never had a problem with that, it always sounded fine to me.

I agree with TC, "times" is not a verb. To those saying it's no big deal and we say "two times three equals six" all the time, well that's not using it as a verb, and you've missed the point of the topic.