Conversion of enerygy really simple

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To determine the energy required to run a house for 24 hours, the calculation involves multiplying the daily energy consumption of 50,000 watt-hours by the time period. The correct approach is to convert watt-hours to joules by using the conversion factor where 1 watt-hour equals 3600 joules. Therefore, for a daily consumption of 50,000 watt-hours, the total energy in joules is 180,000,000 joules (50,000 * 3600). Dimensional analysis can help clarify the conversion process, confirming that multiplying watts by time yields energy in joules. Understanding these conversions is essential for accurate energy calculations.
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The energy to run a house is 50000watthours/day I want to find out how much energy it takes to run the house in 24 hours. I believe I just simply multiply 5000*24 to get the energy need to run the house the whole day. Because I am reading this as I am running the house for 24 hours in one day. therefore i get 1200000 joules of energy to run the house for the whole day. Is this correct I have a hard time with this per thing.
 
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Just a guess, but try using dimesional analysis:

50000 W*h/day * y days/z hours = x Watts

How can you find Joules from watts?
 
multiply by the time (24hrs)
 

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