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Medical Mathematics
1.Your mother
is to take 30 mg. of Sudafed four times a day. It is available in 15 mg.
per ml. How many ml. will be needed each day? 2.You are
to take 90 milligrams of a medication. Each tablet contains 30 milligrams
or ½ grain. How many grains of the medication will you be taking?
3.Mrs. Jones
is to receive 2 fl. dr. of a medication. You have no fl. dr. measure.
You may give 4.A mother
was told to give her 3 year old ¼ cup of water every 4 hours. In
24 hours she will give the child 5.You assist
a patient to wrap an ace bandage around the leg. You use 30 cm. of ace
bandage. How many inches did you use? 6.The physician
ordered 150 mg. of a medication. It is available in 0.1 scored tablets.
How many tablets should be given? 7.How many
days will an 8 ounce bottle of medication last if an adult takes the maximum
dose of 2 tsp. every 8 hours? 8.A medication
is available in 30 mg. tablets. A patient is given a prescription for
gr. ii. How many tablets should the patient take? 9.You are
to give 10 minims of a medication. How many gtts is this? 10.The physician
ordered 1000 ml. of D5W to be infused at 20 gtt/min. How long will it
take for the I.V. to be completed? 11.A physician
orders 1500 ml of saline to infuse @ 200 ml/hr. The infusion will take
12.The pharmacist
needs to fill a prescription for 150 minims. How many ml is this? 13.The temperature
in the classroom is 86o F. What is this in celsius? 14.Marjorie
has joined Weight Watchers. She would like to lose 12 Kg in 30 days. On
the average, how many pounds per day will Marjorie lose to meet her goal?
15.During
each 15 minute test, a recording kymograph is set to use 7.5 mm of paper.
The paper comes in rolls that are 15 cm. long. How many rolls will be
needed for 500 15-minute tests? 16.You fill
a storage cabinet with 12 bottles of dextrose. Each bottle contains 15
½ ounces. How many ounces of this solution are in the storage cabinet?
17.It is
your responsibility to maintain supplies. When supplied by pharmacy, a
container had 12 ½ ounces of liquid. When you do the inventory,
you find there are 6 ¾ ounces of the liquid remaining. How much
liquid had been removed? 18.You weigh
an object that weighs 90 Kg. How many pounds is this? 19.The doctor
ordered .25 g. of a medication for the patient. The medication comes in
125 mg per 5 cc's. You should give 20.The physician
will need a needle 7.5 cm long to take a bone marrow sample. This is equal
to 21.Your weight
is 55 kilograms. How many pounds do you weigh? 22.Marilee
Jones is a dental assistant. She earns $7.88 an hour. She works 40 hours
a week for 52 weeks. She is single. Her state tax rate is 4.25%. The annual
state tax withheld will be 23.The stomach
produces about 8 cups of gastric acid each day. How many liters is this?
24.The temperature
today is –10 °F. What is the temperature in Celsius? 25.You have
a powder substance that weighs 40 drams. How many ounces of the substance
do you have? 26.A patient
is to have 600 mg. of a medication. How many 0.3 gm tablets should be
given? 27.The doctor
gives you a prescription for a cough medication. He tells you to take
6 mg. The label on the prescription says there are 2 mg per 4 ml. How
many teaspoons do you need to take? 28.How many
mm in 0.83 meters? 29.Your mother
is directed to take one tablespoon of cough medicine every two hours for
8 hours. How many ml will she 30.You have
a vial containing 8 ounces of medication. The average dose is 0.25 of
an ounce. After 10 doses, how many ounces of medication are left in the
vial? 31.Atropine
sulfate is available in gr. 1/100 tablets. The patient is to have 2 mg
of the atropine. How many tablets should be given? *Round to nearest whole
number.
33.A baby
grew 5/8 inch in May and 7/16 inch in June. How many total inches did
the baby grow in May and June? 34.You take
a temperature with a celsius thermometer and find it is 38.2. Rounded
to the nearest tenth, this is reported as a temperature of 35.Your friend
is 65 " tall. This is equal to 36.A laboratory
technician measures 45 ml of urine sample in a 4 ounce beaker. How many
more ml of urine are necessary to fill the beaker? 37.You have
a headache. You are told to take aspirin 600 mg. How many 5 gr tablets
should you take? 38.The physician
ordered 2000 mg of a medication with milk after meals. The medication
is available in 0.5 g envelopes. How many envelopes are needed after each
meal? 39.A psychologist
charges $45 for a 20 minute therapy session. If the overhead (receptionist,
office space, insurance, etc.) takes 60% of this income, how much does
the psychologist clear per hour? 40.You are
to use a needle 3 inches long to give an injection. How many mm is this?
42.The physician
ordered 60 mg of a medication IM. It is available in 30 mg per 5 ml. To
give the correct dosage, the nurse will need to give 43.You are
required to make a solution with 7 ml of a liquid substance. You are to
use a dropper to measure the substance. You will use 44.A patient
drank 6 ounces of juice, 3 cups of water, and a half pint of milk. The
total intake was
45.You take
a patient's temperature and find it is 102 °F. You are to record the
temperature as 46.You measure
a friend who is 5 ft. 3 inches tall. What is her height in centimeters?
47.The medical
assistant needs 7 ml of a medication. This is equal to 48.You are
working in the laboratory. You have a substance that weighs 6 ounces.
How many grams does it weigh? 49.If 250
cm of cloth are required for a uniform, how many uniforms could be made
from a 15 meter piece of cloth? 50.You are
to use 5 g to make a laboratory solution. The material comes in 25 gr
per 1 tsp. You need to use
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