1.Easy
Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A patient weighs 130.1 kg. Using 1 kg = 2.2 lb, find the weight m in pounds. Round to one decimal place.
130.1 kg1 kg = 2.2 lb
m = lb
Nursing math & unit conversions worksheet with answers
2.Easy
Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). Convert 2½ tsp to millilitres, using 1 tsp = 5 mL. Find V.
2½ tsp1 tsp = 5 mL
V = mL
3.Medium
Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A patient is 4 ft 2 in tall. Using 1 ft = 12 in and 1 in = 2.54 cm, find the height h in centimetres, to the nearest whole centimetre.
4 ft 2 in1 ft = 12 in1 in = 2.54 cm
h = cm
4.Medium
Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A patient’s temperature is 105.1 °F. Convert it to degrees Celsius T with °C = (°F − 32) × 5/9. Round to one decimal place.
105.1 °F
T = °C
5.Hard
Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). An infusion delivers 5 mg/h. Express this dose rate D in mcg/min. Round to one decimal place.
5 mg/h1 mg = 1000 mcg1 h = 60 min
D = mcg/min
6.Hard
Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). An infusion starts at 21:05 and finishes at 05:40 the next morning (24-hour clock). How many hours t did it run? Give the answer in hours as a decimal, rounded to two decimal places.
21:0505:40
t = h
Answer key
- 1. m = 286.2 lb
- 2. V = 12.5 mL
- 3. h = 127 cm
- 4. T = 40.6 °C
- 5. D = 83.3 mcg/min
- 6. t = 8.58 h
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