two more math questions

Start with how many milligrams are in a gram. You have 2 GRAMS ordered and on hand is 250 MILLIgrams. Your units need to match.

How many teaspoons in a tablespoon? 1 teaspoon = 5mL.

2000mg/250mg = 8*5 ml = 40 ml = 8 tsp or 2.67 tbsp

ok I see now

What about the second question? I dont know how to set the problem up.

1 ml= 1 gram so 5ml= 5 grams

ok I see now

What about the second question? I dont know how to set the problem up.

Your original says dig is available in 250 mg/5 mL. So, if 5 mL is ordered, how many grams is 250 mg?

For the second question if it's using the info from the first then:

250mg / (1g/1000mg) = 0.25g

So 5ml=250mg=0.25g

Cris_tal1303

5ml of digoxin has been ordered. This is equivalent to how many grams?

for the second question on this practice test I am taking this is all it states. Did the prof not put enough info in this problem or can I still somehow figure out the answer?

so would the answer to second question be 5?

thank you

If the second question does not state something other than what's 5ml in grams than there is info missing. Not all meds have the same ml per g dose. That's why I uses the info from the 1st question I assumes it was a two part question using the same info.

Cris_tal1303

If the second question does not state something other than what's 5ml in grams than there is info missing. Not all meds have the same ml per g dose. That's why I uses the info from the 1st question I assumes it was a two part question using the same info.

Cris_tal1303

I used the info for the first question as an umbrella info for both questions. Unless you have a specified amount of mg or g in mL, you can't solve for grams.