Medication Math
You need ½ of a 100 mg tablet. How many mg do you give?
50mg
You used ½ of a 1-liter bag. How many mL did you use? (there are 1000mls in 1L)
500mls
You feed each dog ½ can of food in the morning and ½ can at night. How much of the can do they eat a day?
1 Can
You mix ½ cup of bleach with ½ cup of water. How many cups total?
1 cup
A blood tube needs to be filled ½ full.
If the total volume is 4 mL, how many mL should you collect?
2mls
You have to give ¾ of a 1 mL dose. Convert to a decimal.
0.75 mLs
You used ¼ of a 1-liter bag. How many mL remain? (there are 1000mls in 1L)
750 mL left
You have 4 kittens, and each needs ¾ cup of milk replacer.
How many cups total do you need?
4 cups
A recipe calls for ⅓ cup of disinfectant and ⅔ cup of water.
Simplify the total mixture.
1 cup total
You have 1 mL of a urine sample and need to dilute it 1:1 with saline.
What fraction of the total mixture is urine?
½ (equal parts urine and saline)
A dog needs ⅔ of a 150 mg tablet. How many mg will you give?
100 mg
Two patients each used ⅓ of a fluid bag. What fraction of the bag is used total?
2/3rds of the bag
You feed a cat ⅔ can in the morning and ⅓ can in the evening.
Simplify the total amount fed per day.
1 can
Find the LCD of ½ and ¼.
LCD is 4
A fecal test requires ⅓ gram of sample per slide.
If you’re making 3 slides, how many grams total will you use?
1 gram total
You split a 250 mg tablet into ¼ pieces. How many mg is each piece?
62.5 mg
If you used ⅔ of one 500 mL bag and ⅓ of another, how much total fluid did you use? (there are 1000mls in 1L)
1 full bag
Each puppy eats ⅜ cup of food. If you feed 8 puppies, how many cups total?
3 cups
Simplify this measurement: 6/12 cup of solution.
1/2 cup
You have ⅝ mL of blood plasma.
Convert that to a decimal and round to the nearest hundredth.
0.63mls
You have 3 cats each needing ⅓ of a 75 mg tablet. How many mg total do you give?
75 mg total (25 mg each × 3)
You need to add medication to an IV bag. The medication is written down as 7/9mLs. What is the decimal form of this fraction?
0.78mls
You feed 0.25 can in the morning and ¼ can in the evening.
Are these equivalent amounts, and what is the total in cans per day?
1/2 a can
You use ⅖ cup of solution and your coworker uses ⅗ cup.
How much total solution was used?
1 cup
A deworming medication states that there are 5mg/20mls. How many Mg are in 1 mL?
4mg/mL