HESI A2: Math Practice with well
illustrated questions and answers
25% of 400 =
A. 800
B. 10,000
C. 200
D. 100 - CORRECT ANSWERS-D. 100
What is the reciprocal of 6?
A. 1/2
B. 1/6
C. 1/12
D. 1/3 - CORRECT ANSWERS-B. 1/6
A roast was cooked at 325 °F in the oven for 4 hours. The internal temperature rose from 32 °F to 145 °F.
What was the average rise in temperature per hour?
A. 20.2°F/hr
B. 32.03°F/hr
C. 28.25°F/hr
D. 37°F/hr - CORRECT ANSWERS-C. 28.25°F/hr
Your supervisor instructs you to purchase 240 pens and 6 staplers for the nurse's station. Pens are
purchase in sets of 6 for $2.35 per pack. Staplers are sold in sets of 2 for 12.95. How much will
purchasing these products cost?
,A. $162.90
B. $132.85
C. $225.05
D. $145.75 - CORRECT ANSWERS-B. $132.85
Which of the following percentages is equal to 0.45?
A. 0.45%
B. 0.045%
C. 4.5%
D. 45% - CORRECT ANSWERS-D. 45%
A vitamin's expiration date has passed. It was supposed to contain 500 mg of Calcium, but it has lost 325
mg of Calcium. How many mg of Calcium is left?
A. 175 mg
B. 135 mg
C. 185 mg
D. 200 mg - CORRECT ANSWERS-A. 175 mg
You have orders to give a patient 20 mg of a certain medication. The medication is stored 4 mg per 5-mL
dose. How many milliliters will need to be given?
A. 30 mL
B. 25 mL
, C. 20 mL
D. 15 mL - CORRECT ANSWERS-B. 25 mL
In the number 743.25 which digit represents the tenths space?
A. 3
B. 4
C. 2
D. 5 - CORRECT ANSWERS-C. 2
Which of these percentages equals 1.25?
A. 1250%
B. 0.125%
C. 12.5%
D. 125% - CORRECT ANSWERS-D. 125%
If the average person drinks 8, (8oz) glasses of water per day, a person who drinks 12.8 oz of water after
a morning exercise session has consumed what fraction of the daily average?
A. 1/5
B. 1/3
C. 1/7
D. 1/9 - CORRECT ANSWERS-A. 1/5
33% of 300 =
illustrated questions and answers
25% of 400 =
A. 800
B. 10,000
C. 200
D. 100 - CORRECT ANSWERS-D. 100
What is the reciprocal of 6?
A. 1/2
B. 1/6
C. 1/12
D. 1/3 - CORRECT ANSWERS-B. 1/6
A roast was cooked at 325 °F in the oven for 4 hours. The internal temperature rose from 32 °F to 145 °F.
What was the average rise in temperature per hour?
A. 20.2°F/hr
B. 32.03°F/hr
C. 28.25°F/hr
D. 37°F/hr - CORRECT ANSWERS-C. 28.25°F/hr
Your supervisor instructs you to purchase 240 pens and 6 staplers for the nurse's station. Pens are
purchase in sets of 6 for $2.35 per pack. Staplers are sold in sets of 2 for 12.95. How much will
purchasing these products cost?
,A. $162.90
B. $132.85
C. $225.05
D. $145.75 - CORRECT ANSWERS-B. $132.85
Which of the following percentages is equal to 0.45?
A. 0.45%
B. 0.045%
C. 4.5%
D. 45% - CORRECT ANSWERS-D. 45%
A vitamin's expiration date has passed. It was supposed to contain 500 mg of Calcium, but it has lost 325
mg of Calcium. How many mg of Calcium is left?
A. 175 mg
B. 135 mg
C. 185 mg
D. 200 mg - CORRECT ANSWERS-A. 175 mg
You have orders to give a patient 20 mg of a certain medication. The medication is stored 4 mg per 5-mL
dose. How many milliliters will need to be given?
A. 30 mL
B. 25 mL
, C. 20 mL
D. 15 mL - CORRECT ANSWERS-B. 25 mL
In the number 743.25 which digit represents the tenths space?
A. 3
B. 4
C. 2
D. 5 - CORRECT ANSWERS-C. 2
Which of these percentages equals 1.25?
A. 1250%
B. 0.125%
C. 12.5%
D. 125% - CORRECT ANSWERS-D. 125%
If the average person drinks 8, (8oz) glasses of water per day, a person who drinks 12.8 oz of water after
a morning exercise session has consumed what fraction of the daily average?
A. 1/5
B. 1/3
C. 1/7
D. 1/9 - CORRECT ANSWERS-A. 1/5
33% of 300 =
