Nursing math & unit conversions worksheet with answers

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). Convert 50 mL to L: find x.

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). All of these entries on a medication record are meant as the same dose. Which one follows the safe-writing rules for zeros and abbreviations? Click it.

1. 1.50 mg
2. 20.50 mg
3. 30.5 mg
4. 4.5 mg

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A patient is 5 ft 6 in tall. Using 1 ft = 12 in and 1 in = 2.54 cm, find the height h in centimetres, to the nearest whole centimetre.

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A newborn weighs 9 lb 12 oz. Using 1 lb = 16 oz and 1 kg = 2.2 lb, find the weight m in kilograms. Round to two decimal places.

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A prescription reads 1 tbsp of an oral suspension every 6 hours for 14 days. The suspension comes in 100 mL bottles. Using 1 tbsp = 15 mL, how many whole bottles N must be supplied so the course is complete?

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). An infusion delivers 6 mcg/min. Express this dose rate D in mg/h.