HESI A2 Math Practice Questions and Answers Graded A+

HESI A2 Math Practice Questions and Answers Graded A+ A survey company must contact 136 people via phone calls. How many buttons must be pushed to make 136 long distance calls? ✔✔136 ✖ 10 = 1,360 buttons There are 45 ...

HESI A2 Math Practice Questions and Answers Graded A+ A survey company must contact 136 people via phone calls. How many buttons must be pushed to make 136 long distance calls? ✔✔136 ✖ 10 = 1,360 buttons There are 453.59 grams per pound. An infant weighs 6,577 grams. What is the weight of the infant in pounds and ounces? ✔✔6577 ➗ 453.59 = 14.5 lbs There are 16oz per lb. So 16 ✖ .5 = 8oz -----> 14lb 8oz 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit is what temperature in Celsius? ✔✔Convert Fahrenheit to Celsius (F - 32) ✖ .56 (98.6 -32) ✖ .56 66.6 ✖ .56 = 37 degrees Celsius A patient on a clear diet consumes the following for the day 2 pints of water, 1 8oz serving of clear soup, 1 8oz cup of coffee. A nurse reviewing his intake and output notes that his drainage bag shows 1,000 mL for the past day. What is his deficit in milliliters? ✔✔2 pints of water ✖ 16oz per pint = 32oz 32oz h2o + 8oz coffee + 8oz soup = 48oz To convert oz to mL multiply by 30 oz/ml 48oz ✖ 30oz/ml = 1440mL mL is 1440 - 1000 = 440mL A sample contains 2/3 oz of liquid. How many mL is this? ✔✔Multiply by 30 oz/mL 2/3 ✖ 30 =60/3 = 20 mL How many meters in a kilometer? ✔✔1000 meter How many grams in a kilogram? ✔✔1000 grams 10 kilograms is equivalent to how many pounds? ✔✔To convert kilograms to pounds (✖2.2) 10 ✖ 2.2= 22lb Instructions require you to dilute a powder in 3 quarts of water. You only have a container that is marked in liters. How many liters would you use to dilute the powder? ✔✔1 quart = 32 oz 3 quarts = 96oz 30 milliliters per oz. 30 milliliters ✖ 96oz = 2880 milliliters 1000 milliliters per liter 1000 ➗ 2800= 2.88 liters How many milliliters are in 1 liter? ✔✔1000mL A mans waist measurement is 88.9 centimeters. What is his waist in inches? ✔✔Convert centimeters to inches (formula 2.54) 88.9 ➗ 2.54 = 35inches How many centimeters are in a meter? ✔✔100 centimeters How many millimeters are in a centimeter? ✔✔10 millimeters How many centimeter are in a millimeter? ✔✔1/10 centimeters 1 foot is how many centimeters? ✔✔1foot = 12inches 1inch = 2.54centimeters 12in ✖ 2.54 = 30.48centimeters A car dealer offers 10 different brands of cars for sale. The average daily sales for the dealer are Honda 2 models, sells 20per day, Toyota 3 models sells 15 per day, Kia 1 model sells 7 per day, ford 4 models sells 6 per day. How many total cars are sold per day? ✔✔2 Hondas ✖ 20cars = 40 3toyotas ✖ 15cars = 45 1 kia ✖ 7cars= 7 4 ford ✖ 6cars = 24 40+45+7+24 = 116 cars 25 chainsaws, 14 snow blowers, 18 floor sanders, 12 leaf blowers and 19 power washers. If 25% of the total inventory is available for rental, how many tools can be rented? ✔✔25+14+18+12+19= 88 25% of 88 = 88 ✖ 0.25 = 22 tools can be rented The patient currently drink 4 12oz cans of diet soda per day. How many ounces of diet soda can the patient drink if he reduces his intake by 25%? ✔✔4 ✖ 12oz = 48oz the patient currently consumes Patient has to give up 25% of 48oz 48 ✖ .25= 12oz 48 - 12 = 36 uncles the patient can drink On an annual basis, a hospital deliver 1,820 babies. If 55% of the babies born are boys, how many girls were born in a year? ✔✔55% are boys 55 ✖ 1820= 1001 boys 45% must be girls 1820 ✖ 45= 819 girls How many gallons are in 80 fluid ounces? ✔✔There are 128oz per gallon, so 80 fluid oz = 80/128 = 0.625 gallons You have $100 to spend. You pick out two items to purchase. The first item is $64.57. The second item is $26.82. If you buy both of these items, how much money will you have left? ✔✔$64.57+$26.82= $97.39 $91.39 you have to spend $100-$91.39 = $8.67 left to spend A woman has 8 black shoes, 5 brown shoes, 2 red shoes and 5 boots. What percentage of her collection is boots? ✔✔8+5+2+5 = 20 shoes 5/20 = 25% 25% of her collection are boots A nurse's shift in a military hospital is from 1400 to 2100. What time of day does the nurse work? ✔✔Mid-day to bedtime In your class there are 48 student; 32 students are female. Approximately what percentage is male? ✔✔(48-32) = Male students = 16 Percent Male = 16/48 ✖ 100% = 33.3% Fried's rule for computing an infant's dose of medication is: ✔✔infant's dose = ( Child's age in months x adult dose) / 150 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 session has consumed what fraction of the daily average? ✔✔12.8 / 64 = 0.20. 0.20= 20/100 reduce 20/100 to 1/5 You need 4/5 cups of water for a recipe. You accidentally put 1/3 cups into the mixing bowl with the dry ingredients. How much more water in cups do you need to add? ✔✔4/5 - 1/3 find common denominator 12/15 - 5/15= 7/15 cups 3/4 - 1/2 = ✔✔3/4 - 1/2 = 3/4 - 2/4 = 1/4 You have orders to give a patient 20 mg of a certain medication. The medication is stored 4 mg per 5-mL dose. How many milliliters will need to be given? ✔✔Set up ratio of 4/5 = 20/x 4x = 20(5) x = 100/4 x= 25 mL dose Which of these percentages equals 1.25? ✔✔1.25 x 100= 125% A newborn weighs 8 pounds 5 ounces. There are 453.59 grams per pound. what is the infants weight in grams? ✔✔16 oz = 1 lb 8 lb 5 oz = 8 lb + (5/16) lb = 8.3125 lb 453.59 g = 1 lb 8.3125 lb x 453.59 g/lb = 3,770.466875 g ≈ 3,770 g What temp in Fahrenheit is 50 degrees Celsius? ✔✔To convert temperatures in degrees Celsius to Fahrenheit, multiply by 1.8 (or 9/5) and add 32. 50 x 1.8 + 32 = 122 [ To convert temperatures in degrees Fahrenheit to Celsius, subtract 32 and multiply by .5556 (or 5/9) ] A nurse is reviewing the daily intake and output of a patient consuming a clear diet. The drainage bag denotes a total of 1,000mL for the past 24 hours. The total intake is: 2 8oz cups of coffee 1 16-oz serving of clear soup 1 pint of water consumed throughout the day How much is the deficit in milliliters? (enter numeric value only. If rounding is necessary round to the round to the whole number.) ✔✔2 8 oz cups = 16 oz 1 16 oz soup = 16 oz 1 pint water = 16 oz 16+16+16 = 48 48oz X 30 (conversion to milliliters) = 1440 1440 - 1000 = 440 The metric system of measurement was developed in France during Napoleon's reign. It is based on what multiplication factor? ✔✔10 To convert pounds to kilograms, what factor is used? ✔✔1 kilograms= 2.2 pounds factor as in you sort of multiply it i guess... 2 kilograms= 4.4 pounds (2.2x 2) 3 kilograms= 6.6 (2.2x3) So on. A teacher's aide is preparing a snack for the class. In order to prepare the powdered drink, the aide must? convert the directions from metric. The directions say, "Dilute contents of package in 2 liters of water." The aide has a measuring device marked in ounces. How many ounces of water should be used? ( if rounding is required, round to the nearest tenth.) ✔✔Suppose the aide happens to know that there are about: 3.785 liters in a gallon 8 ounces in a cup 2 cups in a pint 2 pints in a quart 4 quarts in a gallon. The aide multiplies out 8 x 2 x 2 x 4 = 128 to find that there are 128 ounces in a gallon. Next, the aide divides 2 / 3.785 = 0.5284 to find that 2 liters is the same as 0.5284 gallons. Finally, the aide multiplies 0.5284 x 128 = 67.6 to find that 0.5284 gallons is about 67.6 ounces. A seamstress is measuring a model for a new dress. The tape measure is marked in centimeters. The seamstress needs to convert that measurement into inches. If the model's waist measurement is 65.4 cm, what is the conversion in inches? ✔✔65.4 cm / 1 x 1 in / 2.54 cm cancel the cm when cross multiplying 65.4 in / 2.54 = 25.7480315 in = 25.74 A hospital day staff consists of 25 registered nurses, 75 unlicensed assistants, five phlebologists, six receptionists and office staff, and 45 physicians. One summer day the staff was at only 68% strength. How many people were working that day? ✔✔First you will need to add up all of the numbers: 25+75+5+6+45=156 Then you use a percent formula..so your equation will look like this: x/156=68/100 Multiply 156 by 68 and divide by 100 and you get 106.08