Dosage calculations worksheet with answers

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1.Easy
125 mg/5 mLV = ? mL

The prescription is 250 mg. The stock solution contains 125 mg in 5 mL. What volume V do you draw up?

250 mg125 mg/5 mL
V = mL
2.Easy
0123455 mL

The prescription is 94 mg. The stock solution contains 20 mg in 1 mL. Draw up the dose in the syringe: what volume V do you give?

94 mg20 mg/1 mL
V = mL
3.Medium
024681010 mL

A child weighing 17 kg is prescribed 20 mg/kg of a drug. The stock solution contains 50 mg/mL. Draw up the dose: what volume V do you give?

17 kg20 mg/kg50 mg/mL
V = mL
4.Medium
12 kg10 mg/kgD = ? mg

A patient weighs 12 kg and is prescribed 10 mg/kg as a single dose. Find the dose D in mg.

12 kg10 mg/kg
D = mg
5.Hard
00.10.20.30.40.50.60.70.80.911 mL

The prescription is 550 units of a drug that comes as 1000 units/mL. Draw up the dose in the 1 mL syringe: what volume V do you give?

550 units1000 units/mL
V = mL
6.Hard
40 mg/1 mLV = ? mL

A child weighing 16 kg is prescribed 15 mg/kg per dose of an oral suspension that contains 40 mg in 1 mL. What volume V do you give?

16 kg15 mg/kg40 mg/1 mL
V = mL

Answer key

  1. 1. V = 10 mL
  2. 2. V = 4.7 mL
  3. 3. V = 6.8 mL
  4. 4. D = 120 mg
  5. 5. V = 0.55 mL
  6. 6. V = 6 mL

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