Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A patient weighs 282 lb. Using 1 kg = 2.2 lb, find the weight m in kilograms. Round to one decimal place.
Nursing math & unit conversions worksheet with answers
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.
- 10.2 mL
- 20.20 mL
- 3.20 mL
- 4.2 mL
Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A weight conversion gives 91.2623 kg. The rule in this exercise is that weights are rounded to the nearest tenth of a kilogram. What value x do you record?
Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A newborn weighs 7 lb 1 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). An infusion starts at 19:30 and finishes at 01:15 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.
Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). An infusion starts at 22:10 and finishes at 06:15 the next morning (24-hour clock). How many minutes t did it run?
Answer key
- 1. m = 128.2 kg
- 2. 0.2 mL
- 3. x = 91.3 kg
- 4. m = 3.21 kg
- 5. t = 5.75 h
- 6. t = 485 min
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