Ch 1 Math Review

Chapter 01: Math Review
Mulholland: The Nurse, The Math, The Meds


ESSAY

1. Label states for children 8 years of age, give 10 mL of medication. Write out the meaning of
the symbol.

ANS:
greater than or equal to

2. For children with a fever <39° C, give 1 chewable Tylenol tablet. Write out the meaning of the
symbol.

ANS:
less than

3. Hold the medication for a pulse less than 50. Write the symbol for the italicized words.

ANS:
<

4. Write the whole number 10 as a fraction. Do not change the value.

ANS:



5. Edit 90.400 to remove the trailing zeroes.

ANS:
90.4

6. Write 9 as whole number. Indicate the implied decimal place with a decimal point.

ANS:
9.

7. Write the whole number 100 as a fraction that equals 1.

ANS:



8. Write the sum of 9 and 7.

ANS:
16

9. Write the product of 8 and 5.

, ANS:
40

10. Write three factors of the number 12, other than the number 1.

ANS:
3, 4, 6

11. Write four common factors of the number 12 and 24, other than the number 1.

ANS:
3, 4, 6, 12

12. Write the product of 9 and 5.

ANS:
45

13. Write four multiples of the number 4.

ANS:
4, 8, 12, 16

14. Which number is the multiplier in 8 ?

ANS:



15. Write out 25 to illustrate how it would be calculated. Include the result.

ANS:
2 2 2 2 2 = 32

16. Write the square of 6.

ANS:
36

17. Write the square root of 25.

ANS:
5

18. Which number is the base in 104?

ANS:
10

19. Which number is the exponent in 56?