NLN PAX Exam Study -
Math
1. What is 6/19 expressed to the nearest thousandth place?: 0.316.
2. A 2 1/2 ounce piece of cheese supplies 240 calories. How many calories are supplied by 1 ounce of cheese?: 96.
3. A beaker holds 12 1/2 ounces of a solution. How many 1 1/1 ounce vials can be filled from this beaker?: 8 vials.
4. A patient is to be given a medication for 84 hours. How many days does this time period cover?: 3 1/2 days.
5. A patient's temperature rose from 99.4 degrees F to 102.2 degrees F. How many degrees did it rise?: 2.8 degrees F.
6. An anti-allergy medication is 75% aspirin and 25% antihistamine. Aspirin costs 15 cents per gram and antihistamine
costs 50 cents per gram. What will it cost to make one hundred 1g tablets of this medication?: $23.75.
7. Express 0.057 as a percentage.: 5.70%.
8. Express 125/1000 as a decimal.: 0.125.
9. Express 3% as a decimal.: 0.03.
10.Express 80% as a fraction.: 4/5.
11.Express 9/30 as a percentage.: 30%.
12.5/8 of a yard is the same as what percentage of a yard?: 62.5%.
13.Following a heat stroke, a patient's temperature averaged 100.5 degrees F over a 4-day period. On the 5th and 6th
days, the average temp was 99.0 degrees F. What was the average temp over the 6 days?: 100.1 degrees F.
14.How many milligrams (mg) are in 50 grams (g)? (0.5 g = 500 mg).: 50,000 mg.
15. How much simple interest will be paid on a $500 loan for 1 year if the annual interest rate is 6%?: $30.00.
16.If a=3 and b=6, what is the value of b to the a power?: 216.
17.If a hospital equipment salesperson receives a 12% commission, how much commission is paid when $16,000
worth of equipment is sold?: -
$1,920.00
18.If x=4, x^3 =: 64
19.Mr. Clark owns 150 shares of stock in the Acme Company and receives
$180 per year in dividends. How much does Mrs. Grey receive for an annual dividend if she owns 400 shares in the same
company?: $480.00
20.Of 60 patients treated with a certain medication, 24 showed no improve- ment. What percent of patients
improved?: 60%.
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Math
1. What is 6/19 expressed to the nearest thousandth place?: 0.316.
2. A 2 1/2 ounce piece of cheese supplies 240 calories. How many calories are supplied by 1 ounce of cheese?: 96.
3. A beaker holds 12 1/2 ounces of a solution. How many 1 1/1 ounce vials can be filled from this beaker?: 8 vials.
4. A patient is to be given a medication for 84 hours. How many days does this time period cover?: 3 1/2 days.
5. A patient's temperature rose from 99.4 degrees F to 102.2 degrees F. How many degrees did it rise?: 2.8 degrees F.
6. An anti-allergy medication is 75% aspirin and 25% antihistamine. Aspirin costs 15 cents per gram and antihistamine
costs 50 cents per gram. What will it cost to make one hundred 1g tablets of this medication?: $23.75.
7. Express 0.057 as a percentage.: 5.70%.
8. Express 125/1000 as a decimal.: 0.125.
9. Express 3% as a decimal.: 0.03.
10.Express 80% as a fraction.: 4/5.
11.Express 9/30 as a percentage.: 30%.
12.5/8 of a yard is the same as what percentage of a yard?: 62.5%.
13.Following a heat stroke, a patient's temperature averaged 100.5 degrees F over a 4-day period. On the 5th and 6th
days, the average temp was 99.0 degrees F. What was the average temp over the 6 days?: 100.1 degrees F.
14.How many milligrams (mg) are in 50 grams (g)? (0.5 g = 500 mg).: 50,000 mg.
15. How much simple interest will be paid on a $500 loan for 1 year if the annual interest rate is 6%?: $30.00.
16.If a=3 and b=6, what is the value of b to the a power?: 216.
17.If a hospital equipment salesperson receives a 12% commission, how much commission is paid when $16,000
worth of equipment is sold?: -
$1,920.00
18.If x=4, x^3 =: 64
19.Mr. Clark owns 150 shares of stock in the Acme Company and receives
$180 per year in dividends. How much does Mrs. Grey receive for an annual dividend if she owns 400 shares in the same
company?: $480.00
20.Of 60 patients treated with a certain medication, 24 showed no improve- ment. What percent of patients
improved?: 60%.
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