HESI A2: Math Practice Exam Questions
and Answers
1. 25% of 400 =
A. 800
B. 10,000
C. 200
D. 100 Correct Answer: D. 100
2. What is the reciprocal of 6?
A. 1/2
B. 1/6
C. 1/12
D. 1/3 Correct Answer: B. 1/6
3. A roast was cooked at 325 °F in the oven for 4 hours. The internal
temperature rose from 32 °F to 145 °F. What was the average rise in
temperature per hour?
A. 20.2°F/hr
B. 32.03°F/hr
C. 28.25°F/hr
D. 37°F/hr Correct Answer: C. 28.25°F/hr
4. Your supervisor instructs you to purchase 240 pens and 6
staplers for the nurse's station. Pens are purchase in sets of 6 for
$2.35 per pack. Staplers are sold in sets of 2 for 12.95. How much
will purchasing these products cost?
A. $162.90
B. $132.85
C. $225.05
D. $145.75 Correct Answer: B. $132.85
5. Which of the following percentages is equal to 0.45?
,HESI A2: Math Practice Exam Questions
and Answers
A. 0.45%
B. 0.045%
C. 4.5%
D. 45% Correct Answer: D. 45%
,HESI A2: Math Practice Exam Questions
and Answers
6. A vitamin's expiration date has passed. It was supposed to contain
500 mg of Calcium, but it has lost 325 mg of Calcium. How many
mg of Calcium is left?
A. 175 mg
B. 135 mg
C. 185 mg
D. 200 mg Correct Answer: A. 175 mg
7. You have orders to give a patient 20 mg of a certain medication.
The medica- tion is stored 4 mg per 5-mL dose. How many milliliters
will need to be given?
A. 30 mL
B. 25 mL
C. 20 mL
D. 15 mL Correct Answer: B. 25 mL
8. In the number 743.25 which digit represents the tenths space?
A. 3
B. 4
C. 2
D. 5 Correct Answer: C. 2
9. Which of these percentages equals 1.25?
A. 1250%
B. 0.125%
C. 12.5%
D. 125% Correct Answer: D. 125%
10. If the average person drinks 8, (8oz) glasses of water per day,
a person who drinks 12.8 oz of water after a morning exercise
and Answers
1. 25% of 400 =
A. 800
B. 10,000
C. 200
D. 100 Correct Answer: D. 100
2. What is the reciprocal of 6?
A. 1/2
B. 1/6
C. 1/12
D. 1/3 Correct Answer: B. 1/6
3. A roast was cooked at 325 °F in the oven for 4 hours. The internal
temperature rose from 32 °F to 145 °F. What was the average rise in
temperature per hour?
A. 20.2°F/hr
B. 32.03°F/hr
C. 28.25°F/hr
D. 37°F/hr Correct Answer: C. 28.25°F/hr
4. Your supervisor instructs you to purchase 240 pens and 6
staplers for the nurse's station. Pens are purchase in sets of 6 for
$2.35 per pack. Staplers are sold in sets of 2 for 12.95. How much
will purchasing these products cost?
A. $162.90
B. $132.85
C. $225.05
D. $145.75 Correct Answer: B. $132.85
5. Which of the following percentages is equal to 0.45?
,HESI A2: Math Practice Exam Questions
and Answers
A. 0.45%
B. 0.045%
C. 4.5%
D. 45% Correct Answer: D. 45%
,HESI A2: Math Practice Exam Questions
and Answers
6. A vitamin's expiration date has passed. It was supposed to contain
500 mg of Calcium, but it has lost 325 mg of Calcium. How many
mg of Calcium is left?
A. 175 mg
B. 135 mg
C. 185 mg
D. 200 mg Correct Answer: A. 175 mg
7. You have orders to give a patient 20 mg of a certain medication.
The medica- tion is stored 4 mg per 5-mL dose. How many milliliters
will need to be given?
A. 30 mL
B. 25 mL
C. 20 mL
D. 15 mL Correct Answer: B. 25 mL
8. In the number 743.25 which digit represents the tenths space?
A. 3
B. 4
C. 2
D. 5 Correct Answer: C. 2
9. Which of these percentages equals 1.25?
A. 1250%
B. 0.125%
C. 12.5%
D. 125% Correct Answer: D. 125%
10. If the average person drinks 8, (8oz) glasses of water per day,
a person who drinks 12.8 oz of water after a morning exercise
