Math for Healthcare chapter 1-5
Last year, the patient weighed 190 kg. Ten months after surgery, the patient had lost 176 lb. The patient now weighs _______________.
110
Max is to take 25 mL of a medication. However, he will be using a teaspoon at home. This dose will be
5 tsp
The notation gr vii means
7 grains.
Convert 0.075 mg to micrograms: _______________ (use appropriate unit notation)
75
5/6 converted to a percent is
83%
The top number on a fraction, which represents parts of the whole, is the
numerator.
A(n) _____ is a number other than 1 that can be evenly divided only by itself.
prime number
Convert 0.12 mcg to milligrams: _______________ (use appropriate unit notation)
0.00012
Convert 0.8 g to kilograms: _______________ (use appropriate unit notation)
0.0008
Convert 899 mg to kilograms: _______________ (use appropriate unit notation).
0.000899 kg
1/5 % converted to a decimal is
0.002
1/5% converted to a decimal is
0.002
A 325 mg aspirin tablet contains 5 grains of aspirin. How many household ounces is this? _________ (round the answer to the nearest ten thousandth and use correct notation)
0.0104 oz
Write six hundredths of a liter using correct notation:
0.06
Write six hundredths of a liter using correct notation
0.06 L
Convert 3 mm to centimeters: _______________ (use appropriate unit notation)
0.3
Six drams equals _____ fluid ounce(s).
0.75
4/5÷2/3== ______________ (reduce to lowest terms)
1 1/5
When a meter is divided by 100, the result is
1 centimeter.
A daily dose of a medicinal syrup is equal to 6 tsp. This quantity is equal to how many fluid ounces?
1 fl oz.
Dr. Smithy wrote an order for Mary to take 4 drams of a medication. This is equivalent to
1 tablespoon.
Convert 3 1/4 pounds to grams: ______________ (round to the nearest gram and use appropriate unit notation).
1,476 g
A bottle contains 30 ounces of medication. If each dose equals 0.3 ounce, how many doses of medication does the bottle contain?
100
The patient is ordered 3 tsp of medicine 3 times per day. The patient should take _______________ per each dose of medication.
15 mL
Convert 90 mL to drams: _______________ (use appropriate unit notation).
24 drams
Convert 25.46 cm to millimeters: _______________ (use appropriate unit notation)
254.6
A measure of 2.566 km equals how many centimeters?
256,600 cm
A stock bottle of liquid medication contains 2 pints of medication. At different times, 6 doses of 2 tbsp were removed from the bottle. How many fluid ounces of medication remain in the bottle?
26 fl oz
210 minims is how many drams?
3.5 drams
Convert 10 oz to milliliters: _______________ (use appropriate unit notation).
300 mL
The patient is supposed to take 5 mL of medication 4 times per day for 6 days. The pharmacist should dispense _______________ to the patient.
4
4.499 rounded to the nearest hundredth is _____.
4.5
Convert 1,560 mL to ounces: _______________ oz.
52 oz
A prescription specifies that an infant should be given 8 minims of a liquid medication 3 times a day for 14 days. The pharmacist will fill the prescription to the nearest dram. How many drams will the pharmacist supply?
6
Using the conversion factor 30 g/1 oz, A dose of 2.5 ounces, when rounded to the nearest gram, is equal to
75 g.
The patient's plan of care is to gain 2 lb each month for the next 4 months. He now weighs 40 kg. At the end of 4 months, the patient should weigh _______________.
96
Convert 6 1/2 tbsp to milliliters: _______________ (round to the nearest tenth and use appropriate unit notation).
97.5 mL
_____ are two fractions that are written differently and have the same value.
Equivalent fractions
Which of the following statements about USP units is true?
The size of a USP unit varies for each drug.
A(n) _____ fraction represents parts of a whole.
common
When dividing decimals, the _____ must be converted to a whole number.
divisor
Adding a zero to the last nonzero number after the decimal point
does not change the value of the number.
Convert 2,400 mg to grains: _______________ (use appropriate unit notation).
gr xl
The abbreviation for drop is
gtt.
When performing a calculation containing decimals, the answer is rounded when
it contains more decimal places than needed.
The basic unit of volume in the metric system is the
liter.
A _____ is 1/1,000 of a liter.
milliliter
The correct abbreviation for minims in the apothecary system is
minim.
To convert a decimal to a percent,
multiply by 100.
The missing value in a _____ is calculated by using the means and extremes.
ratio proportion
To convert a fraction to a percent, it must first be converted to a decimal and
rounded to the nearest hundredth.
3.75 ounces equals _____ grains.
1,800
Convert 36 oz to liters: _______________ (round to the nearest hundredth and use appropriate unit notation).
1.08 L
A measure of 1,433 mm equals how many meters?
1.433 m
Convert 220 lb to kilograms: _______________ (use appropriate unit notation).
100 kg
Convert 0.102 kg to grams: _______________ (use appropriate unit notation)
102 g
An elderly patient on a weight-gain diet weighed 97129712 pounds (lb) on admission to the retirement home. She was then weighed at 1-week intervals. During the first week she gained 214214 pounds, during the next week she gained 123123 pounds, and during the following week she gained 312312 pounds. How much did the patient weigh at the end of the 3 weeks?
104 11/12 lb
Last year, the patient weighed 190 kg. Ten months after surgery, the patient had lost 176 lb. The patient now weighs _______________.
110 kg
The pharmacist dispenses 18 fluid ounces of a medication to fill a patient's prescription. The directions on the bottle say to take 3 tbsp every 4 hours. The bottle contains _______________ of the medication.
12
Rounded to the nearest tenth of a pound, 56 kg is equal to
123.2 lb.
Convert 279 lb to kilograms: _______________ (round to the nearest tenth and use appropriate unit notation).
126.8 kg
Write thirteen and a half centimeters using correct notation:
13.5
Convert 352 pounds to kilograms: _______________ (use appropriate unit notation).
160m kg
Convert 85 mL to teaspoons: ______________ (use appropriate unit notation).
17 tsp
85% converted to a proper fraction and reduced to its lowest terms is
17/20
A measure of 0.027565 g equals how many micrograms?
27,565 mcg
Convert 32.6 kg to grams: _______________ (use appropriate unit notation)
32600
240 minims equals _____ drams.
4
Mrs. adamson is to take 2 tablespoons of medication every 6 hours for 10 days. the pharmacy will have to dispense a total of ____ fluid ounces for this prescription
40
The physician tells a patient to be sure to drink at least 8 cups of water every day. Following these instructions, the patient will drink _______________ of water each day.
64 fl oz
Write sixty-six milliequivalents using the correct notation
66
when adding or subtracting decimals, the decimal points
are aligned
In the apothecary system, 60 minims is equal to 1
dram
The standard abbreviation for a gallon in the household system of measurement is
gal.
The correct apothecary notation for five and one-half grains is
gr 5 1/2
Write one grain using correct notation:
gr i
Convert 30 mg to grains: _______________ (use appropriate unit notation).
gr ss
Liters are abbreviated using a capital L instead of a lowercase l in order to
minimize the chance of confusing it with the digit 1.
A(n) _____ combines a whole number with a fraction.
mixed number
To convert from kilograms to grams, _____ and move the decimal point to the right.
multiply by 1,000
When converting a ratio to a decimal, first convert the ratio to a fraction, then convert the fraction to a decimal, ________, and add the % symbol.
multiply by 100
Which of the following is not a way to express the relationship of parts to a whole?
proportion
Which of the following is a standard abbreviation for teaspoon?
t
When converting a percent to an equivalent fraction, the value of the percent is
the numerator.
To reduce a fraction to its lowest terms, find the largest _____ that divides evenly into both the numerator and denominator.
whole number
The physician writes an order for a patient to force fluids to 2.7 L per day. The patient will use a household measure and should be told to drink _______________ of fluids per day.
{11 1/4, 11.25}
