Module Two: Medical Math
Math skills are a requirement for correct answersWorking in a health care
occupation
Calculations are used for: correct answers1. Correct medical dosages
2. Recording height and weight
3. Intake and output measurement of fluids
Calculations are need for various tasks: correct answers1. Administrative
tasks such as bookkeeping and billing
2. Lab tests
2. Mixing cleaning fluids
Health care workers must make every effort to achieve correct
answers100% accuracy (or you could kill someone)
Must be able to add, subtract, multiply and divide correct
answersWhole numbers, decimals, fractions and percentages
Must be able to understand equivalents when using correct
answersDecimals, fractions, and percentages
Must be able to do this math without the use of correct answersCalculators
since they are not allowed in professional exams for. Licensure or
certification
Whole numbers correct answersDo not contain decimals or
fractions Addition correct answersAddding number together to
find the SUM or total Addition uses in health care correct
answers-Inventory records
-Statistical information on patients
Subtraction correct answersTaking a number away from another number
to find the DIFFERENCE or remainder
Uses for subtraction in health care correct answers-weight loss
-pulse deficit calculation
Multiplication correct answersSimple addition or multiplying to find a
QUANTITY
Uses for multiplication in health care correct answers-payroll records
(salary amount paid for number of hours worked)
, -calculating prescription amounts
Division correct answersFinding how many times a number is contained
in another number
Uses for division in health care correct answers-determining amounts of
diet nutrients
-finding cost of one item when ordering in bulk
Decimals are correct answersBased on the number 10
Decimals represent the number of correct answersTenths, hundredths,
thousandths and so on
decimals are added, subtracted, multiplied and divided correct
answersThe same as whole numbers
Check placement of decimal point correct answersTo avoid mistakes
Table 13-1 Working with Decimals correct answersTable 13-1 Working with
Decimals Fractions: a way of expressing numbers correct answersThat are
parts of a whole
Fractions: has a numerator (top number) and correct answersA
denominator (bottom number)
Some fractions need to be correct answersReduced to their lowest term
Table 13-2 working with fractions correct answersTable 13-2 working
with fractions Table 13-4 Rounding Numbers correct answersTable 13-4
Rounding Numbers Figure 13.4 correct answersFigure 13.4
Improper fraction correct answersNumerator is larger than
denominator Convert fractions for correct answersAddition and
subraction
Dividing fractions correct answersInvert (reciprocal) the
second fraction and multiply
Multiplying fractions correct answersMultiply the numerators and put the
product over the product of the denominators
Percentages: express whole correct answersOr part of a whole (100%)
Percentages————convert the correct answersPercentage to a
decimal before adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing
Math skills are a requirement for correct answersWorking in a health care
occupation
Calculations are used for: correct answers1. Correct medical dosages
2. Recording height and weight
3. Intake and output measurement of fluids
Calculations are need for various tasks: correct answers1. Administrative
tasks such as bookkeeping and billing
2. Lab tests
2. Mixing cleaning fluids
Health care workers must make every effort to achieve correct
answers100% accuracy (or you could kill someone)
Must be able to add, subtract, multiply and divide correct
answersWhole numbers, decimals, fractions and percentages
Must be able to understand equivalents when using correct
answersDecimals, fractions, and percentages
Must be able to do this math without the use of correct answersCalculators
since they are not allowed in professional exams for. Licensure or
certification
Whole numbers correct answersDo not contain decimals or
fractions Addition correct answersAddding number together to
find the SUM or total Addition uses in health care correct
answers-Inventory records
-Statistical information on patients
Subtraction correct answersTaking a number away from another number
to find the DIFFERENCE or remainder
Uses for subtraction in health care correct answers-weight loss
-pulse deficit calculation
Multiplication correct answersSimple addition or multiplying to find a
QUANTITY
Uses for multiplication in health care correct answers-payroll records
(salary amount paid for number of hours worked)
, -calculating prescription amounts
Division correct answersFinding how many times a number is contained
in another number
Uses for division in health care correct answers-determining amounts of
diet nutrients
-finding cost of one item when ordering in bulk
Decimals are correct answersBased on the number 10
Decimals represent the number of correct answersTenths, hundredths,
thousandths and so on
decimals are added, subtracted, multiplied and divided correct
answersThe same as whole numbers
Check placement of decimal point correct answersTo avoid mistakes
Table 13-1 Working with Decimals correct answersTable 13-1 Working with
Decimals Fractions: a way of expressing numbers correct answersThat are
parts of a whole
Fractions: has a numerator (top number) and correct answersA
denominator (bottom number)
Some fractions need to be correct answersReduced to their lowest term
Table 13-2 working with fractions correct answersTable 13-2 working
with fractions Table 13-4 Rounding Numbers correct answersTable 13-4
Rounding Numbers Figure 13.4 correct answersFigure 13.4
Improper fraction correct answersNumerator is larger than
denominator Convert fractions for correct answersAddition and
subraction
Dividing fractions correct answersInvert (reciprocal) the
second fraction and multiply
Multiplying fractions correct answersMultiply the numerators and put the
product over the product of the denominators
Percentages: express whole correct answersOr part of a whole (100%)
Percentages————convert the correct answersPercentage to a
decimal before adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing
