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Medical Math Exam Questions And 100%Correct Answers
Determine whether the following proportions are equal. 24:250::48:600 - Answer not
equal
Determine whether the following proportions are equal. 6:9::2:3 - Answer equal
Find the missing element (x) in each of the following proportions.
12:6::x:12 - Answer x=24
Find the missing element (x) in each of the following proportions.
20:x::1:10 - Answer x=200
x:34::34:2 - Answer x=578
You are ordered to give 65 milligrams of intravenous Lidocaine. You know Lidocaine
comes 100 mg in a 5 milliliter pre-filled syringe. How many milliliters of Lidocaine will
you administer? - Answer 65 mg: x mL::100 mg : mL
Multiply the means : 100 x X = 100x
Multiply the extremes: 65 x 5 = 325
Set up as 100x = 325
To Solve for x, divide each side by 100.
Solution: x = 3.25
Answer - give 3.25 mL from the syringe to deliver 65 mg of Lidocaine
,You are asked to administer 30 mg of a medication that is supplied in a 10 mL vial
containing 100 mg. How many mL will give you to administer the ordered dose? -
Answer 3 mL
The physician orders 500 mg of amoxicillin for an adult patient. Amoxicillin is supplied in
125 mg tablets. How many tablets do you administer? - Answer 4 tablets
You have to give 4 mg of morphine sulfate (MS) slow IV push. MS is packaged 15 mg per
mL. How many milliliters do you administer? - Answer 0.266
While driving to work last week you filled the tank of your new car with gasoline. The
tank holds 16 gallons. You stopped today and topped off the tank by pumping 9.8
gallons. What % of the tank's capacity was left before you refilled the tank today? -
Answer 61.25%
Write the following ratios using colons. Reduce to the lowest terms.
9 out of 27 prescriptions - Answer 9:27 book says but I think 1:3
Write the following ratios using colons. Reduce to the lowest terms.
20 days out of 30 days - Answer 20:30 book says but I think 2:3
State whether the following proportions are equal.
75:19::5:1 - Answer not equal
State whether the following proportions are equal.
100:10::10:1 - Answer equal
Solve for the missing part (x).
x:900::300:1 - Answer x=270,000
, Solve for the missing element (x).
24:72::x:6 - Answer x=2
The doctor has ordered you to administer 5 mg of atenolol to Mrs. Jones. Atenolol is
reconstituted as 1 mg in 2 mL. How many mL will you administer to Mrs. Jones? -
Answer 10 mL
You need to administer Ms. Reed naloxone. It was ordered by the physician at 0.6 mg
intramuscularly. Naloxone is available in 0.4 mg/mL in 1 mL vials. How many mL do you
administer? Answer 1 1/2 mL
Your instructor has concocted a bizarre new way of grading whereby she requires that
you obtain at least 75% of the total marks available to pass. You obtained 1,132 points
from a possible 1,380. Did you pass the class? - Answer yes
Mrs. Reed's electrocardiogram shows a QRS complex which is 30% wider than the
normal width of 0.12 seconds. How many seconds wide is the QRS complex? - Answer
0.156 second
dram- Answer dr
grain- Answer gr
ounce- Answer oz
pound- Answer lb
3 grains- Answer gr. iii
4 pounds- Answer lb. iv
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