PHARMACY TECHNICIAN MATH WITH CORRECTLY
ANSWERED QUESTIONS GRADED A+
1 oz - correct answer 28.35 grams (30 grams)
1 lb - correct answer 454 grams
1 kg - correct answer 2.2 lbs
1 gram - correct answer 15 grains
1 grain - correct answer 65 mg (approx)
64.8 mg (actual)
0.25 g vial of a drug read, "Add 0.8 mL sterile water; each mL will contain 0.25 g."
What volume, in mL, of the final solution will deliver a 500 mg dose? - correct answer
2 ml
Due to a product shortage, the pharmacist asks a pharmacy technician to
compound 90 mL of a 15 mg/mL oseltamivir suspension using 75 mg capsules and
cherry syrup. What quantity of 75 mg oseltamivir capsules will be needed? - correct
answer 18 capsules
The pharmacist has instructed you to mix 0.75 L of a 70% alcohol solution with 1.5 L
of a 40% alcohol solution. What is the strength of the final solution? - correct answer
50%
A child weighing 42 lbs is ordered cefotaxime by IV infusion in 6 equally divided
doses to total 90 mg/kg/day. If the reconstituted cefotaxime vial has a concentration
of 100 mg/mL, what volume, in mL, should be added to each IV bag? - correct
answer 29
Meclizine 25 mg tabs #60
Sig: 1 tab PO q6h p.r.n. for vertigo
If the patient last received a dose of
meclizine in an emergency department at 1:00
P.M.
when may the next dose be administered if symptoms return? - correct answer The
directions indicate that the patient can take a dose every 6 hours, and six hours after
1:00 PM is 7:00 PM.
How much sterile water would you use to dilute 1L of 70% alcohol percent solution
to 40% solution? How much total 40% solution would you make? - correct answer
, The amount that of diluted solution is 1750 ml. To get this solution add 750 Ml of
sterile water.
Due to a product shortage, the pharmacist asks a pharmacy technician to
compound 90 mL of a 15 mg/mL oseltamivir suspension using 75 mg capsules and
cherry syrup. What quantity of 75 mg oseltamivir capsules will be needed? - correct
answer Total mg of oseltamivir required: 90 mL x 15 mg/mL = 1350 mg, then divide
1350 mg by 75 to find the quantity of 75 mg capsules required = 18 capsules.
How many bottles of levothyroxine 200 mcg tablets should be ordered based on the
following information?
Package size: 90 tablets/bottle
Minimum number of units: 180 tablets
Maximum number of units: 810 tablets
Current inventory level: 150 tablets - correct answer Full bottles will bring the on-
hand quantity to 780 (90 tablets per bottle x 7 bottles = 630 tablets; 630 tablets + 150
tablets on hand = 780 tablets total), which is as close to the maximum of 810 tablets
as possible without exceeding it.
If you are working in a pharmacy that sells 30 10mg Norvasc tablets for $110 and
you know that your typical markup is 40% over wholesale
and you add on $6 dispensing fee to every prescription, what is the wholesale price
your pharmacy pays for each tablet of Norvasc? - correct answer Begin by
subtracting the dispensing fee from the total: $110 - $6 = $104. Reverse the markup
divide $104 by $1.40 (The 1 in 1.40 represents 100% of the markup price.) = $74.28.
Now divide by the quanity
2.47 for each tab of 10 mg Norvasc
If your wholesale price of 50 mg Zoloft is $4 per tablet and a patient brings in a
prescription for 30 tabs, how much will the script cost the patient if you include a 50%
markup over wholesale and a $3 dispensing fee? - correct answer Whole Sale price
$4*30=$120
add in the mark up $120*1.50=$180
add dispensing fee, $180 is the retail price for 30 tabs of 50 mg Zoloft
The pharmacist has instructed you to mix 0.75L of a 70% alcohol solution with 1.5 L
of a 40% alcohol solution.
What is the strength of the final solution? - correct answer The type of clvl +
c2v2=cfvf (c standing for concentration) and v standing for volume. the
numbers refer to each solution in the combination.
0.7(750 mL) + 0.4(1500 mL) = Cf (2,250 ml)
525 mL + 600 mL = Cf (2,250mL)
1125 over 2250 = x
x=.5
the finished solution will be 50%
ANSWERED QUESTIONS GRADED A+
1 oz - correct answer 28.35 grams (30 grams)
1 lb - correct answer 454 grams
1 kg - correct answer 2.2 lbs
1 gram - correct answer 15 grains
1 grain - correct answer 65 mg (approx)
64.8 mg (actual)
0.25 g vial of a drug read, "Add 0.8 mL sterile water; each mL will contain 0.25 g."
What volume, in mL, of the final solution will deliver a 500 mg dose? - correct answer
2 ml
Due to a product shortage, the pharmacist asks a pharmacy technician to
compound 90 mL of a 15 mg/mL oseltamivir suspension using 75 mg capsules and
cherry syrup. What quantity of 75 mg oseltamivir capsules will be needed? - correct
answer 18 capsules
The pharmacist has instructed you to mix 0.75 L of a 70% alcohol solution with 1.5 L
of a 40% alcohol solution. What is the strength of the final solution? - correct answer
50%
A child weighing 42 lbs is ordered cefotaxime by IV infusion in 6 equally divided
doses to total 90 mg/kg/day. If the reconstituted cefotaxime vial has a concentration
of 100 mg/mL, what volume, in mL, should be added to each IV bag? - correct
answer 29
Meclizine 25 mg tabs #60
Sig: 1 tab PO q6h p.r.n. for vertigo
If the patient last received a dose of
meclizine in an emergency department at 1:00
P.M.
when may the next dose be administered if symptoms return? - correct answer The
directions indicate that the patient can take a dose every 6 hours, and six hours after
1:00 PM is 7:00 PM.
How much sterile water would you use to dilute 1L of 70% alcohol percent solution
to 40% solution? How much total 40% solution would you make? - correct answer
, The amount that of diluted solution is 1750 ml. To get this solution add 750 Ml of
sterile water.
Due to a product shortage, the pharmacist asks a pharmacy technician to
compound 90 mL of a 15 mg/mL oseltamivir suspension using 75 mg capsules and
cherry syrup. What quantity of 75 mg oseltamivir capsules will be needed? - correct
answer Total mg of oseltamivir required: 90 mL x 15 mg/mL = 1350 mg, then divide
1350 mg by 75 to find the quantity of 75 mg capsules required = 18 capsules.
How many bottles of levothyroxine 200 mcg tablets should be ordered based on the
following information?
Package size: 90 tablets/bottle
Minimum number of units: 180 tablets
Maximum number of units: 810 tablets
Current inventory level: 150 tablets - correct answer Full bottles will bring the on-
hand quantity to 780 (90 tablets per bottle x 7 bottles = 630 tablets; 630 tablets + 150
tablets on hand = 780 tablets total), which is as close to the maximum of 810 tablets
as possible without exceeding it.
If you are working in a pharmacy that sells 30 10mg Norvasc tablets for $110 and
you know that your typical markup is 40% over wholesale
and you add on $6 dispensing fee to every prescription, what is the wholesale price
your pharmacy pays for each tablet of Norvasc? - correct answer Begin by
subtracting the dispensing fee from the total: $110 - $6 = $104. Reverse the markup
divide $104 by $1.40 (The 1 in 1.40 represents 100% of the markup price.) = $74.28.
Now divide by the quanity
2.47 for each tab of 10 mg Norvasc
If your wholesale price of 50 mg Zoloft is $4 per tablet and a patient brings in a
prescription for 30 tabs, how much will the script cost the patient if you include a 50%
markup over wholesale and a $3 dispensing fee? - correct answer Whole Sale price
$4*30=$120
add in the mark up $120*1.50=$180
add dispensing fee, $180 is the retail price for 30 tabs of 50 mg Zoloft
The pharmacist has instructed you to mix 0.75L of a 70% alcohol solution with 1.5 L
of a 40% alcohol solution.
What is the strength of the final solution? - correct answer The type of clvl +
c2v2=cfvf (c standing for concentration) and v standing for volume. the
numbers refer to each solution in the combination.
0.7(750 mL) + 0.4(1500 mL) = Cf (2,250 ml)
525 mL + 600 mL = Cf (2,250mL)
1125 over 2250 = x
x=.5
the finished solution will be 50%
