MIAMI-DADE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
MEDICAL CENTER CAMPUS
DEPARTMENT OF NURSING EDUCATION
NUR 1142
Pharmacology Math Pretest Homework
NAME:___________________________
Objective:
The purpose of this pretest is to provide you and the instructor with an assessment of your mathematical
competency. The test was designed to evaluate skills necessary to learning the mathematical contents taught in
our NUR 1142 Introduction to Nursing Mathematics/Pharmacology Mathematics course.
Directions:
Please show all calculations.
The results of the pretest will not be included in your grade for this course. However if you do not do well you
will need to go to the success center for tutoring, and provide proof of the hours to the instructor.
1.
Express 8% as a fraction.
2.
25.20 - 2.002 equals ____________________.
3. Write the numerical ratio for the following statements: e.g. 20 : 3
a. There are five patients to every nurse.
b. There are 2 pizzas for every 22 students
4. Reduce the following fraction to the lowest terms:
a. 2
8
5.
b.
4
10
4.19 + 2 + 0.015 = __________________.
6. Express 3 as a decimal.
45
7. The number 667.313 rounded to the nearest hundredth yields ____________________.
8. a.
b.
The answer to
is ____________________.
4 + 5 + 3
15
15
15 =_____________________.
1¾ ÷ ¼ =
9.
10. Express 2 as a percent:
7
11.
Convert from decimal to fraction
a. 0.461
b.
0.515
12.
Round according to rounding rules for pharmacology math.
a. 0.2357
b. 9.223
c. 23.981
d. 6.778
e. 0.33333
13. Change the following ratios to percent:
a.
34: 7
b. 63: 9
14.
Change the following percent to ratios:
a. 44.6 %
15.
b. 89 %
Rounded to the nearest hundredth 0.9681
Answer Sheet
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