Dosage calculations worksheet with answers

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1.Easy
0123455 mL

The prescription is 52.5 mg. The stock solution contains 25 mg in 1 mL. Draw up the dose in the syringe: what volume V do you give?

52.5 mg25 mg/1 mL
V = mL
2.Easy
0123455 mL

The prescription is 30 mg. The stock solution contains 125 mg in 5 mL. Draw up the dose in the syringe: what volume V do you give?

30 mg125 mg/5 mL
V = mL
3.Medium
2 g+ 9.2 mLV = ? mL

A vial contains 2 g of powder. The label says: add 9.2 mL of water for injection to give a total volume of 10 mL. The prescription is 400 mg. What volume V of the reconstituted solution do you give?

2 g+ 9.2 mL → 10 mL400 mg
V = mL
4.Medium
024681010 mL

A child weighing 22 kg is prescribed 5 mg/kg of a drug. The stock solution contains 25 mg/mL. Draw up the dose: what volume V do you give?

22 kg5 mg/kg25 mg/mL
V = mL
5.Hard
00.10.20.30.40.50.60.70.80.911 mL

The prescription is 440 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?

440 units1000 units/mL
V = mL
6.Hard
20%stockV₁ = ? mL

You must prepare 200 mL of a 1% (w/v) solution from a 20% (w/v) stock solution. What volume of stock V₁ do you need?

C₁ = 20%C₂ = 1%V₂ = 200 mL
V₁ = mL

Answer key

  1. 1. V = 2.1 mL
  2. 2. V = 1.2 mL
  3. 3. V = 2 mL
  4. 4. V = 4.4 mL
  5. 5. V = 0.44 mL
  6. 6. V₁ = 10 mL

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