Dosage calculations worksheet with answers

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1.Easy
0123455 mL

The prescription is 60 mg. The stock solution contains 40 mg in 1 mL. Draw up the dose in the syringe: what volume V do you give?

60 mg40 mg/1 mL
V = mL
2.Easy
0123455 mL

The prescription is 82 mg. The stock solution contains 20 mg in 1 mL. Draw up the dose in the syringe: what volume V do you give?

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

A child weighing 6 kg is prescribed 7.5 mg/kg of a drug. The stock solution contains 25 mg/mL. Draw up the dose: what volume V do you give?

6 kg7.5 mg/kg25 mg/mL
V = mL
4.Medium
70 kg2 mg/kgD = ? mg

A patient weighs 70 kg and is prescribed 2 mg/kg as a single dose. Find the dose D in mg.

70 kg2 mg/kg
D = mg
5.Hard
00.10.20.30.40.50.60.70.80.911 mL

The prescription is 750 micrograms. The ampoule contains 1 mg/mL. Draw up the dose in the 1 mL syringe: what volume V do you give?

750 mcg1 mg/mL
V = mL
6.Hard
120 mg/5 mLV = ? mL

A child weighing 24 kg is prescribed 12.5 mg/kg per dose of an oral suspension that contains 120 mg in 5 mL. What volume V do you give?

24 kg12.5 mg/kg120 mg/5 mL
V = mL

Answer key

  1. 1. V = 1.5 mL
  2. 2. V = 4.1 mL
  3. 3. V = 1.8 mL
  4. 4. D = 140 mg
  5. 5. V = 0.75 mL
  6. 6. V = 12.5 mL

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