Dosage calculations worksheet with answers

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1.Easy
40 mg/1 mLV = ? mL

The prescription is 48 mg. The stock solution contains 40 mg in 1 mL. What volume V do you draw up?

48 mg40 mg/1 mL
V = mL
2.Easy
? × 250 mcg

The prescription is 0.5 mg of a drug. The tablets contain 250 micrograms (mcg) each. How many tablets n do you give?

0.5 mg250 mcg/tablet
n = tablets
3.Medium
1%100 mLm = ? mg

How many milligrams of drug m are in 100 mL of a 1% (w/v) solution?

1% w/v100 mL
m = mg
4.Medium
024681010 mL

A child weighing 40 kg is prescribed 2.5 mg/kg of a drug. The stock solution contains 25 mg/mL. Draw up the dose: what volume V do you give?

40 kg2.5 mg/kg25 mg/mL
V = mL
5.Hard
00.10.20.30.40.50.60.70.80.911 mL

The prescription is 600 units of a drug that comes as 5000 units/mL. Draw up the dose in the 1 mL syringe: what volume V do you give?

600 units5000 units/mL
V = mL
6.Hard
40 mg/1 mLV = ? mL

A child weighing 28 kg is prescribed 10 mg/kg per dose of an oral suspension that contains 40 mg in 1 mL. What volume V do you give?

28 kg10 mg/kg40 mg/1 mL
V = mL

Answer key

  1. 1. V = 1.2 mL
  2. 2. n = 2 tablets
  3. 3. m = 1000 mg
  4. 4. V = 4 mL
  5. 5. V = 0.12 mL
  6. 6. V = 7 mL

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