BASIC MATH ABILITY EXAM A RELIAS
The physician has written an order for a medication, 3,000 units to be given SQ. You have on
hand 5,000 units/mL. You will administer _______mL. - correct answer 3000/5000 *1
= 0.6mL
The surgeon orders for 75 mg of a medication to be given IV push. The medication is available in
a concentration of 125 mg/2 mL. You will administer ____mL to the patient. (record your
answer using one decimal place) - correct answer 1.2
The sliding scale order states: [FORMULA: (BG-100)÷30]= number of units of insulin to be given.
At 1600 the patient's blood glucose is 150. You will administer _____ units of insulin (round to
the nearest whole number). - correct answer 150-100/30
=1.66
rounded to nearest whole number = 2
Your patient's blood glucose is 302 mg/dL. The sliding scale order is to administer insulin using
this formula: [FORMULA: (BG-100)÷40]= number of units to administer. Based upon your
patient's glucose, you should administer ____ units of insulin. (round to the nearest whole
number) - correct answer 302-100/40
=5.05
rounded = 5
The physician has ordered a medication to be given 0.05 mg/kg/day in 1,000 mL of fluid. The
patient weighs 246 lbs. The dose added to the 1,000 mL bag of fluid should be _____ mg.
(round your answer to one decimal place) - correct answer 0.05*111.5 (the weight in kg)
= 5.575mg a day
=5.6
