Well Well, calstock! Thanks for specifying that here.
It turns out i have always typed in "x10" to make multiple copies not knowing that "10x" will work the same way.
AWESOME!
BTW, decided to look for a utility to PRINT my shortcuts and found this old one. works well. plan to pay more attention and make more shortcuts.
printkeys.rb
https://sites.google.com/site/jimfoltz/my-sketchup-plugins/print-shortcuts