HESI A2 MATHS WITH SOLVED ANSWERS V1 ONLY
Jeff walks 5 miles west then turns north and walked 8 6577 ➗ 453.59 = 14.5 lbs
miles. How far has Jeff walked? There are 16oz per lb.
11 miles So 16 ✖ .5 = 8oz -----> 14lb 8oz
Julie picks 26 tomatoes from the tomato plants in her 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit is what temperature in
garden. She gives 7 tomatoes to her next-door Celsius?
neighbor. How many tomatoes does Julie have now? Convert Fahrenheit to Celsius (F - 32) ✖ .56
19 (98.6 -32) ✖ .56
Jan is preparing an examination for 29 students. 66.6 ✖ .56 = 37 degrees Celsius
Each student will have 30 questions, with no student A patient on a clear diet consumes the following for
having duplicate questions. How many questions will the day 2 pints of water, 1 8oz serving of clear soup, 1
Jan need to prepare? 8oz cup of coffee. A nurse reviewing his intake and
870 output notes that his drainage bag shows 1,000 mL
John is ordering lunch for the volunteers at the for the past day. What is his deficit in milliliters?
hospital. There are 12 units in the hospital, with 15 2 pints of water ✖ 16oz per pint = 32oz
volunteers in each unit. How many lunches will John 32oz h2o + 8oz coffee + 8oz soup = 48oz
need to order? To convert oz to mL multiply by 30 oz/ml
180 48oz ✖ 30oz/ml = 1440mL
There are 225 pieces of candy in a large jar. Ben mL is 1440 - 1000 = 440mL
wants to give the 25 campers in his group an even A sample contains 2/3 oz of liquid. How many mL is
amount of candy. How many pieces of candy will this?
each camper receive? Multiply by 30 oz/mL
9 2/3 ✖ 30 =60/3
Edie has 132 tulip bulbs. She wants to plant all of the = 20 mL
tulip bulbs in 12 rows. How many tulip bulbs will How many meters in a kilometer?
Edie plant in each row? 1000 meter
11 How many grams in a kilogram?
Bill has 2.5 vacation days left for the rest of the year 1000 grams
and 1.25 sick days left. If bill uses all of his sick days 10 kilograms is equivalent to how many pounds?
and his vacation days, how many days will he have To convert kilograms to pounds (✖2.2)
off work? 10 ✖ 2.2= 22lb
3.75 Instructions require you to dilute a powder in 3
Erin has 6.25 peach pies. She gives Rose 3.75 of the quarts of water. You only have a container that is
peach pies. How many pies does Erin have left? marked in liters. How many liters would you use to
2.5 dilute the powder?
How many ounces are there in a gallon? 1 quart = 32 oz
128 3 quarts = 96oz
In class the ratio of males to females is 4:5. If there 30 milliliters per oz.
are 36 total students, how many females are in the 30 milliliters ✖ 96oz = 2880 milliliters
class? 1000 milliliters per liter
Males= 4 1000 ➗ 2800= 2.88 liters
Females= 5 How many milliliters are in 1 liter?
Total= 9 1000mL
How many times does 9 go into 36? 4. A mans waist measurement is 88.9 centimeters. What
so multiply 4 by each male, female, and total. is his waist in inches?
male= 4*4= 16 Convert centimeters to inches (formula 2.54)
female= 5*4= 20 88.9 ➗ 2.54 = 35inches
total= 9*4= 36 How many centimeters are in a meter?
A survey company must contact 136 people via phone 100 centimeters
calls. How many buttons must be pushed to make 136 How many millimeters are in a centimeter?
long distance calls? 10 millimeters
136 ✖ 10 = 1,360 buttons How many centimeter are in a millimeter?
There are 453.59 grams per pound. An infant weighs 1/10 centimeters
6,577 grams. What is the weight of the infant in 1 foot is how many centimeters?
pounds and ounces? 1foot = 12inches
1inch = 2.54centimeters
12in ✖ 2.54 = 30.48centimeters
, A car dealer offers 10 different brands of cars for infant's dose = ( Child's age in months x adult dose) /
sale. The average daily sales for the dealer are Honda 150
2 models, sells 20per day, Toyota 3 models sells 15 per If the average person drinks 8, (8oz) glasses of water
day, Kia 1 model sells 7 per day, ford 4 models sells 6 per day, a person who drinks 12.8 oz of water after a
per day. How many total cars are sold per day? morning exercise session has consumed what fraction
2 Hondas ✖ 20cars = 40 of the daily average?
3toyotas ✖ 15cars = 45 12. = 0.20.
1 kia ✖ 7cars= 7 0.20= 20/100
4 ford ✖ 6cars = 24 reduce 20/100 to 1/5
40+45+7+24 = 116 cars You need 4/5 cups of water for a recipe. You
25 chainsaws, 14 snow blowers, 18 floor sanders, 12 accidentally put 1/3 cups into the mixing bowl with
leaf blowers and 19 power washers. If 25% of the the dry ingredients. How much more water in cups
total inventory is available for rental, how many tools do you need to add?
can be rented? 4/5 - 1/3
25+14+18+12+19= 88 find common denominator
25% of 88 = 88 ✖ 0.25 = 22 tools can be rented 12/15 - 5/15= 7/15 cups
The patient currently drink 4 12oz cans of diet soda 3/4 - 1/2 =
per day. How many ounces of diet soda can the 3/4 - 1/2 = 3/4 - 2/4 = 1/4
patient drink if he reduces his intake by 25%? You have orders to give a patient 20 mg of a certain
4 ✖ 12oz = 48oz the patient currently consumes medication. The medication is stored 4 mg per 5-mL
Patient has to give up 25% of 48oz dose. How many milliliters will need to be given?
48 ✖ .25= 12oz Set up ratio of 4/5 = 20/x
48 - 12 = 36 uncles the patient can drink 4x = 20(5)
On an annual basis, a hospital deliver 1,820 babies. If x = 100/4
55% of the babies born are boys, how many girls x= 25 mL dose
were born in a year? Which of these percentages equals 1.25?
55% are boys 1.25 x 100= 125%
55 ✖ 1820= 1001 boys A newborn weighs 8 pounds 5 ounces. There are
45% must be girls 453.59 grams per pound. what is the infants weight in
1820 ✖ 45= 819 girls grams?
How many gallons are in 80 fluid ounces? 16 oz = 1 lb
There are 128oz per gallon, so 80 fluid oz = 80/128 = 8 lb 5 oz = 8 lb + (5/16) lb = 8.3125 lb
0.625 gallons 453.59 g = 1 lb
You have $100 to spend. You pick out two items to 8.3125 lb x 453.59 g/lb = 3,770.466875
purchase. The first item is $64.57. The second item is g ≈ 3,770 g
$26.82. If you buy both of these items, how much What temp in Fahrenheit is 50 degrees Celsius?
money will you have left? To convert temperatures in degrees Celsius to
$64.57+$26.82= $97.39 Fahrenheit, multiply by 1.8 (or 9/5) and add 32.
$91.39 you have to spend 50 x 1.8 + 32 = 122
$100-$91.39 = $8.67 left to spend [ To convert temperatures in degrees Fahrenheit to
A woman has 8 black shoes, 5 brown shoes, 2 red Celsius, subtract 32 and multiply by .5556 (or 5/9) ]
shoes and 5 boots. What percentage of her collection A nurse is reviewing the daily intake and output of a
is boots? patient consuming a clear diet. The drainage bag
8+5+2+5 = 20 shoes denotes a total of 1,000mL for the past 24 hours. The
5/20 = 25% total intake is:
25% of her collection are boots 2 8oz cups of coffee
A nurse's shift in a military hospital is from 1400 to 1 16-oz serving of clear soup
2100. What time of day does the nurse work? 1 pint of water consumed throughout the day
Mid-day to bedtime How much is the deficit in milliliters?
In your class there are 48 student; 32 students are (enter numeric value only. If rounding is necessary round
female. Approximately what percentage is male? to the round to the whole number.)
(48-32) = Male students = 16 2 8 oz cups = 16 oz
Percent Male = 16/48 ✖ 100% = 33.3% 1 16 oz soup = 16 oz
Fried's rule for computing an infant's dose of 1 pint water = 16 oz
medication is: 16+16+16 = 48
Jeff walks 5 miles west then turns north and walked 8 6577 ➗ 453.59 = 14.5 lbs
miles. How far has Jeff walked? There are 16oz per lb.
11 miles So 16 ✖ .5 = 8oz -----> 14lb 8oz
Julie picks 26 tomatoes from the tomato plants in her 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit is what temperature in
garden. She gives 7 tomatoes to her next-door Celsius?
neighbor. How many tomatoes does Julie have now? Convert Fahrenheit to Celsius (F - 32) ✖ .56
19 (98.6 -32) ✖ .56
Jan is preparing an examination for 29 students. 66.6 ✖ .56 = 37 degrees Celsius
Each student will have 30 questions, with no student A patient on a clear diet consumes the following for
having duplicate questions. How many questions will the day 2 pints of water, 1 8oz serving of clear soup, 1
Jan need to prepare? 8oz cup of coffee. A nurse reviewing his intake and
870 output notes that his drainage bag shows 1,000 mL
John is ordering lunch for the volunteers at the for the past day. What is his deficit in milliliters?
hospital. There are 12 units in the hospital, with 15 2 pints of water ✖ 16oz per pint = 32oz
volunteers in each unit. How many lunches will John 32oz h2o + 8oz coffee + 8oz soup = 48oz
need to order? To convert oz to mL multiply by 30 oz/ml
180 48oz ✖ 30oz/ml = 1440mL
There are 225 pieces of candy in a large jar. Ben mL is 1440 - 1000 = 440mL
wants to give the 25 campers in his group an even A sample contains 2/3 oz of liquid. How many mL is
amount of candy. How many pieces of candy will this?
each camper receive? Multiply by 30 oz/mL
9 2/3 ✖ 30 =60/3
Edie has 132 tulip bulbs. She wants to plant all of the = 20 mL
tulip bulbs in 12 rows. How many tulip bulbs will How many meters in a kilometer?
Edie plant in each row? 1000 meter
11 How many grams in a kilogram?
Bill has 2.5 vacation days left for the rest of the year 1000 grams
and 1.25 sick days left. If bill uses all of his sick days 10 kilograms is equivalent to how many pounds?
and his vacation days, how many days will he have To convert kilograms to pounds (✖2.2)
off work? 10 ✖ 2.2= 22lb
3.75 Instructions require you to dilute a powder in 3
Erin has 6.25 peach pies. She gives Rose 3.75 of the quarts of water. You only have a container that is
peach pies. How many pies does Erin have left? marked in liters. How many liters would you use to
2.5 dilute the powder?
How many ounces are there in a gallon? 1 quart = 32 oz
128 3 quarts = 96oz
In class the ratio of males to females is 4:5. If there 30 milliliters per oz.
are 36 total students, how many females are in the 30 milliliters ✖ 96oz = 2880 milliliters
class? 1000 milliliters per liter
Males= 4 1000 ➗ 2800= 2.88 liters
Females= 5 How many milliliters are in 1 liter?
Total= 9 1000mL
How many times does 9 go into 36? 4. A mans waist measurement is 88.9 centimeters. What
so multiply 4 by each male, female, and total. is his waist in inches?
male= 4*4= 16 Convert centimeters to inches (formula 2.54)
female= 5*4= 20 88.9 ➗ 2.54 = 35inches
total= 9*4= 36 How many centimeters are in a meter?
A survey company must contact 136 people via phone 100 centimeters
calls. How many buttons must be pushed to make 136 How many millimeters are in a centimeter?
long distance calls? 10 millimeters
136 ✖ 10 = 1,360 buttons How many centimeter are in a millimeter?
There are 453.59 grams per pound. An infant weighs 1/10 centimeters
6,577 grams. What is the weight of the infant in 1 foot is how many centimeters?
pounds and ounces? 1foot = 12inches
1inch = 2.54centimeters
12in ✖ 2.54 = 30.48centimeters
, A car dealer offers 10 different brands of cars for infant's dose = ( Child's age in months x adult dose) /
sale. The average daily sales for the dealer are Honda 150
2 models, sells 20per day, Toyota 3 models sells 15 per If the average person drinks 8, (8oz) glasses of water
day, Kia 1 model sells 7 per day, ford 4 models sells 6 per day, a person who drinks 12.8 oz of water after a
per day. How many total cars are sold per day? morning exercise session has consumed what fraction
2 Hondas ✖ 20cars = 40 of the daily average?
3toyotas ✖ 15cars = 45 12. = 0.20.
1 kia ✖ 7cars= 7 0.20= 20/100
4 ford ✖ 6cars = 24 reduce 20/100 to 1/5
40+45+7+24 = 116 cars You need 4/5 cups of water for a recipe. You
25 chainsaws, 14 snow blowers, 18 floor sanders, 12 accidentally put 1/3 cups into the mixing bowl with
leaf blowers and 19 power washers. If 25% of the the dry ingredients. How much more water in cups
total inventory is available for rental, how many tools do you need to add?
can be rented? 4/5 - 1/3
25+14+18+12+19= 88 find common denominator
25% of 88 = 88 ✖ 0.25 = 22 tools can be rented 12/15 - 5/15= 7/15 cups
The patient currently drink 4 12oz cans of diet soda 3/4 - 1/2 =
per day. How many ounces of diet soda can the 3/4 - 1/2 = 3/4 - 2/4 = 1/4
patient drink if he reduces his intake by 25%? You have orders to give a patient 20 mg of a certain
4 ✖ 12oz = 48oz the patient currently consumes medication. The medication is stored 4 mg per 5-mL
Patient has to give up 25% of 48oz dose. How many milliliters will need to be given?
48 ✖ .25= 12oz Set up ratio of 4/5 = 20/x
48 - 12 = 36 uncles the patient can drink 4x = 20(5)
On an annual basis, a hospital deliver 1,820 babies. If x = 100/4
55% of the babies born are boys, how many girls x= 25 mL dose
were born in a year? Which of these percentages equals 1.25?
55% are boys 1.25 x 100= 125%
55 ✖ 1820= 1001 boys A newborn weighs 8 pounds 5 ounces. There are
45% must be girls 453.59 grams per pound. what is the infants weight in
1820 ✖ 45= 819 girls grams?
How many gallons are in 80 fluid ounces? 16 oz = 1 lb
There are 128oz per gallon, so 80 fluid oz = 80/128 = 8 lb 5 oz = 8 lb + (5/16) lb = 8.3125 lb
0.625 gallons 453.59 g = 1 lb
You have $100 to spend. You pick out two items to 8.3125 lb x 453.59 g/lb = 3,770.466875
purchase. The first item is $64.57. The second item is g ≈ 3,770 g
$26.82. If you buy both of these items, how much What temp in Fahrenheit is 50 degrees Celsius?
money will you have left? To convert temperatures in degrees Celsius to
$64.57+$26.82= $97.39 Fahrenheit, multiply by 1.8 (or 9/5) and add 32.
$91.39 you have to spend 50 x 1.8 + 32 = 122
$100-$91.39 = $8.67 left to spend [ To convert temperatures in degrees Fahrenheit to
A woman has 8 black shoes, 5 brown shoes, 2 red Celsius, subtract 32 and multiply by .5556 (or 5/9) ]
shoes and 5 boots. What percentage of her collection A nurse is reviewing the daily intake and output of a
is boots? patient consuming a clear diet. The drainage bag
8+5+2+5 = 20 shoes denotes a total of 1,000mL for the past 24 hours. The
5/20 = 25% total intake is:
25% of her collection are boots 2 8oz cups of coffee
A nurse's shift in a military hospital is from 1400 to 1 16-oz serving of clear soup
2100. What time of day does the nurse work? 1 pint of water consumed throughout the day
Mid-day to bedtime How much is the deficit in milliliters?
In your class there are 48 student; 32 students are (enter numeric value only. If rounding is necessary round
female. Approximately what percentage is male? to the round to the whole number.)
(48-32) = Male students = 16 2 8 oz cups = 16 oz
Percent Male = 16/48 ✖ 100% = 33.3% 1 16 oz soup = 16 oz
Fried's rule for computing an infant's dose of 1 pint water = 16 oz
medication is: 16+16+16 = 48
