by luvHim

Hey, new here, but love the site! I test on Wed at 2pm (ah, so soon!), and am taking the Kaplan online course. I noticed on Kaplan for drug dosage questions they do not round to the 10th place, but the 100th place. DOes anyone know the NCLEX rule? Thanks!!!

Re: Math - when do you round?

The NCLEX tells you (in the question) how far they want you to round the answer, so no need to worry about that.

Re: Math - when do you round?

Well that is great news!!! Have you taken the test? Just wondering how you found out, I had no idea. THanks!

Re: Math - when do you round?

Yes the NCLEX will tell you what place to round too.. I had 2 math questions and it was the same for both

Re: Math - when do you round?

Originally Posted by cityhawk

The NCLEX tells you (in the question) how far they want you to round the answer, so no need to worry about that.

Mine didn't and I just about died because I didn't read the introductory questions and just scrolled past it so I thought that was where it told you how much to round.

Re: Math - when do you round?

Just took NCLEX today, had 2 math problems, both questions told me how to round.

Re: Math - when do you round?

Originally Posted by luvHim

Well that is great news!!! Have you taken the test? Just wondering how you found out, I had no idea. THanks!

Yes... like some others mentioned here, I had two math questions and was told how to round the answer on both.

Re: Math - when do you round?

Dang, what test did I take? Oh well I passed it with 75.

My first one I did round up but the second one, thank goodness, worked out whole. May I ask without violating any NCLEX secrecy what rounding method they had you use?

Re: Math - when do you round?

I think the two questions I had, one said "round to the nearest whole number" and the other said round to one decimal or something like that. Hopefully that doesn't violate any rules by saying that!

Re: Math - when do you round?

What about drops per minute? I feel like I should round the the nearest drop, but I think they taught us to round UP in school, but I can't remember for sure. So 30.2 becomes 31 drops, or 30 drops? Anyone know which way it goes? Thanks!