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Math skills are a requirement for - answer-Working in a health care occupation Calculations are used for: - answer-1. Correct medical dosages 2. Recording height and weight 3. Intake and output measurement of fluids Calculations are need for various tasks: - answer-1. Administrative tasks s...

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MODULE TWO: MEDICAL MATH TEST
Math skills are a requirement for - answer-Working in a health care occupation

Calculations are used for: - answer-1. Correct medical dosages
2. Recording height and weight
3. Intake and output measurement of fluids

Calculations are need for various tasks: - answer-1. Administrative tasks such as bookkeeping
and billing
2. Lab tests
2. Mixing cleaning fluids

Health care workers must make every effort to achieve - answer-100% accuracy (or you could kill
someone)

Must be able to add, subtract, multiply and divide - answer-Whole numbers, decimals, fractions
and percentages

Must be able to understand equivalents when using - answer-Decimals, fractions, and
percentages

Must be able to do this math without the use of - answer-Calculators since they are not allowed
in professional exams for. Licensure or certification

Whole numbers - answer-Do not contain decimals or fractions

Addition - answer-Addding number together to find the SUM or total

Addition uses in health care - answer--Inventory records
-Statistical information on patients

Subtraction - answer-Taking a number away from another number to find the DIFFERENCE or
remainder

Uses for subtraction in health care - answer--weight loss
-pulse deficit calculation

Multiplication - answer-Simple addition or multiplying to find a QUANTITY

Uses for multiplication in health care - answer--payroll records (salary amount paid for number of
hours worked)
-calculating prescription amounts

Division - answer-Finding how many times a number is contained in another number

Uses for division in health care - answer--determining amounts of diet nutrients
-finding cost of one item when ordering in bulk

Decimals are - answer-Based on the number 10

Decimals represent the number of - answer-Tenths, hundredths, thousandths and so on
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, decimals are added, subtracted, multiplied and divided - answer-The same as whole numbers

Check placement of decimal point - answer-To avoid mistakes

Table 13-1 Working with Decimals - answer-Table 13-1 Working with Decimals

Fractions: a way of expressing numbers - answer-That are parts of a whole

Fractions: has a numerator (top number) and - answer-A denominator (bottom number)

Some fractions need to be - answer-Reduced to their lowest term

Table 13-2 working with fractions - answer-Table 13-2 working with fractions

Table 13-4 Rounding Numbers - answer-Table 13-4 Rounding Numbers

Figure 13.4 - answer-Figure 13.4

Improper fraction - answer-Numerator is larger than denominator

Convert fractions for - answer-Addition and subraction

Dividing fractions - answer-Invert (reciprocal) the second fraction and multiply

Multiplying fractions - answer-Multiply the numerators and put the product over the product of
the denominators

Percentages: express whole - answer-Or part of a whole (100%)

Percentages————convert the - answer-Percentage to a decimal before adding, subtracting,
multiplying, and dividing

Figure 13.5 - answer-Figure 13.5

Ratios shows relationships between - answer-Like values or numbers

Health care workers use - answer-Ratios for strengths of solutions

50 percent (50%) strength solution - answer-Is 1:2 ratio

Decimals, fractions and percentages - answer-Represent parts of a whole and there are specific
methods of conversion from one to another

Table 13.3 converting decimals, fractions, and percentages - answer-Table 13.3 converting
decimals, fractions and percentages

Converting Decimals to fractions: Example - answer-0.75 = 75/100————75/100 =75/100
divided by 25/25 = 3/4 which is equal to 0.75

Converting decimals to fractions: Key points - answer-1. Drop the decimal point
2. Position the number over its placement value (usually 100)
3. If necessary, reduce the fraction.
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