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There is a policy at my particular nursing program that we have a dosage test the first week (not real dosage; just basic algebra - they call it a dosage test for some reason though). It is a pass/fail method, meaning if we get one question wrong, you fail the whole thing. We get two attempts, and if we fail both then we are kicked out. I managed to get one question wrong. It was a silly mistake. The question was that a child drank 4 oz out of a 12 oz bottle and was the question was asking what fraction of the bottle remained. I, however, just saw the 4 out of 12. 4/12 reduced to 1/3. I put 1/3. The answer however was 2/3. There was 8 oz left, so 8/12 reduced is 2/3. ARG. I wanted to just cry. So... the reason for this long dissertation? Does anyone know where I can find practice problems like this? I'm extremely confident that I can do the rest of the algebra - I got that right. I just don't want a word problem like that to trip me up and ruin my chances for me. Any ideas and help would be much appreciated!! Sorry for the long note. Arianna