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I've seen 「1ページ」 refer to "page 1" of e.g. a book. Wouldn't this technically
mean "one page" and 「１ページ目」 be correct for "page 1"?

Is leaving away the 目 when referring to ordinal numbering of things a thing /
common?
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counters numbers abbreviations
Leaving away the 目 suffix for ordinal numbers
Nページ can mean **" N page(s)"** referring to the number of pages (eg 300ページの本 =
a 300-page book). However, Nページ can also mean **" page N"**, the page marked
with that number. On the other hand, Nページ目 means **" N-th page"**, and it's
not necessarily the same as Nページ without 目.

For example, the following two expressions may refer to the same page:

  * 第5章の2ページ目  
the second page in Chapter 5

  * 第5章の256ページ  
page 256 in Chapter 5

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