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Ch 02B Metric System and Medication Calculations
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Ch 02B Metric System and Medication Calculations
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Chapter 02B: Metric System and Medication CalculationsMulholland: The Nurse, The Math, The Meds
ESSAY
1. Give medication X for a systolic blood pressure greater than or equal to 160. Write the
symbol for the italicized phrase.
ANS:
2. Hold the medication if the fever is less than 38° C. Write the symbol for the italicized phrase.
ANS:
<
3. Write the Arabic numerals for XXX.
ANS:
30
4. Write the Roman numeral for 15.
ANS:
XV
5. Write the product of and . Reduce to lowest terms. Label the numerator and the
denominator in the answer.
ANS:
6. Write two factors of the number 25 other than the number 1.
ANS:
5, 25
7. Write two common factors of 6 and 18 other than the number 1.
ANS:
3, 6
8. Write three multiples of the number 3.
ANS:
3 (3 1); 6 (3 2); 9 (3 3)
9. Write out 103 to illustrate the calculation and show the result. Which number is the base?
Which number is the exponent?
, ANS:
10 10 10 = 1000; 10 is the base; 3 is the exponent
10. Which is greater: 0.259 or 0.5?
ANS:
0.5
11. Which is smaller: or 0.5?
ANS:
= 0.004
12. Multiply: 1 2 . Reduce to lowest terms.
ANS:
13. Divide: 1 . Reduce to lowest terms.
ANS:
14. Round 6.565 to the nearest
a. hundredth:
b. tenth:
c. whole number:
ANS:
a. 6.57
b. 6.6
c. 7
15. Change to a
a. decimal:
b. percentage:
ANS:
a. 0.333
b. 33 %
16. Change 0.35
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