Math Calculations for Pharmacy Technicians : Basic
Math Skills, Measurement, and Measurement
Conversion questions with verified answers
A 58-kg patient is prescribed quazepam bid. What's the patient's weight in grams?
Ans✓✓✓ 58000 g
A client usually pays $11.80 for a bottle of 800 mg ibuprofen. However, she was
charged only $10.03 and wants to know the discount percentage applied. What
answer would you give this client? Ans✓✓✓ 15%
A doctor's prescription indicates that a patient should receive LX capsules of
erythromycin. How would this be expressed in Arabic numerals? Ans✓✓✓ 60
A dose of trimethoprim is 360 mg once per day. How many grams is this?
Ans✓✓✓ 0.36 g
A hospitalized patient is to receive an injection of vincristine at 1745 hours. What
time is this in standard time? Ans✓✓✓ 5:45 P.M.
A patient needs to take 3 mL of diphenhydramine elixir bid. How many total daily
gtts will the patient take? Ans✓✓✓ 120 gtts
A patient received a prednisone tablet at 9 A.M. She is to receive another one in
nine hours. What would be the time of that next dose in military time? Ans✓✓✓
1800 hours
, A pharmacy has filled a prescription for two 100mL bottles of amoxicillin oral
suspension. If the directions state to take 20 mL twice daily, how many days will
the prescription last? Ans✓✓✓ 5 days
Convert 118 mL to liters. Ans✓✓✓ 0.118 L
If a medication solution should contain only 5% of the active ingredient, how
many milliliters of this ingredient are contained in 200 mL of the medication
solution? Ans✓✓✓ 10 mL
If a patient must take 3 tablespoons of cough syrup tid, how many ounces would
be taken with each dose? Ans✓✓✓ 1 ½ oz.
Jack is 6 feet 6 inches tall. What's Jack's height in centimeters? Ans✓✓✓ 198.12
cm
Match each household measurement to the metric measurement.
1 in Ans✓✓✓ 2.54 cm
Match each household measurement to the metric measurement.
1 pint Ans✓✓✓ 480 mL
Match each household measurement to the metric measurement.
Math Skills, Measurement, and Measurement
Conversion questions with verified answers
A 58-kg patient is prescribed quazepam bid. What's the patient's weight in grams?
Ans✓✓✓ 58000 g
A client usually pays $11.80 for a bottle of 800 mg ibuprofen. However, she was
charged only $10.03 and wants to know the discount percentage applied. What
answer would you give this client? Ans✓✓✓ 15%
A doctor's prescription indicates that a patient should receive LX capsules of
erythromycin. How would this be expressed in Arabic numerals? Ans✓✓✓ 60
A dose of trimethoprim is 360 mg once per day. How many grams is this?
Ans✓✓✓ 0.36 g
A hospitalized patient is to receive an injection of vincristine at 1745 hours. What
time is this in standard time? Ans✓✓✓ 5:45 P.M.
A patient needs to take 3 mL of diphenhydramine elixir bid. How many total daily
gtts will the patient take? Ans✓✓✓ 120 gtts
A patient received a prednisone tablet at 9 A.M. She is to receive another one in
nine hours. What would be the time of that next dose in military time? Ans✓✓✓
1800 hours
, A pharmacy has filled a prescription for two 100mL bottles of amoxicillin oral
suspension. If the directions state to take 20 mL twice daily, how many days will
the prescription last? Ans✓✓✓ 5 days
Convert 118 mL to liters. Ans✓✓✓ 0.118 L
If a medication solution should contain only 5% of the active ingredient, how
many milliliters of this ingredient are contained in 200 mL of the medication
solution? Ans✓✓✓ 10 mL
If a patient must take 3 tablespoons of cough syrup tid, how many ounces would
be taken with each dose? Ans✓✓✓ 1 ½ oz.
Jack is 6 feet 6 inches tall. What's Jack's height in centimeters? Ans✓✓✓ 198.12
cm
Match each household measurement to the metric measurement.
1 in Ans✓✓✓ 2.54 cm
Match each household measurement to the metric measurement.
1 pint Ans✓✓✓ 480 mL
Match each household measurement to the metric measurement.
