Multiple Choice Questions

SET 2: Question 1 of 6

A tablet contains 200 mg of drug A and 300 mg of drug B. How much of drug A and B do you need to prepare 20 tablets?

Click on your answer a, b or c
  1. 4 g drug A and 6 g drug B
  2. 40 g drug A and 60 g drug B
  3. 4000 mg drug B and 6000 mg of drug A
You need 4g of drug A and 6g of drug B

You need to find the amounts of the two drugs separately.

Total amount = Size of Single Dose x Number of Doses

Total amount of drug A = 200 x 20 mg = 4000 mg = 4 g
Total amount of drug B = 300 x 20 mg = 6000 mg = 6 g

Total amount = Size of Single Dose x Number of Doses

No, you are wrong.

The answer is that you need 4 g of drug A and 6 g of drug B.
Did you convert between mg and g correctly?
1 g = 1000 mg
You need to find the amounts of the two drugs separately.
Total amount = Size of Single Dose x Number of Doses
Total amount of drug A = 200 x 20 mg = 4000 mg = 4 g
Total amount of drug B = 300 x 20 mg = 6000 mg = 6 g

No, you are wrong.

The answer is that you need 4 g of drug A and 6 g of drug B.
You have drug A and B the wrong way round.
You need to find the amounts of the two drugs separately.
Total amount = Size of Single Dose x Number of Doses
Total amount of drug A = 200 x 20 mg = 4000 mg = 4 g
Total amount of drug B = 300 x 20 mg = 6000 mg = 6 g

Multiple Choice Questions

SET 2: Question 2 of 6

A 500 ml solution contains 12 g of drug X, 9 g of drug Y and 3 g of drug Z and provides 50 doses. What is contained in a single dose?
Click on your answer a, b or c
  1. 24 mg of X, 18 mg of Y, 6 mg of Z
  2. 240 mg of X, 180 mg of Y, 60 mg of Z
  3. 1200 mg of X, 900 mg of Y, 300 mg of Z

Size of Single Dose= Total Amount
Number of Doses

No, that is not the correct answer.

No, that is not the correct answer.

Multiple Choice Questions

SET 2: Question 3 of 6

You have two powder drugs: 15 g of drug A and 17 g of drug B. If you are to make up doses so that each dose contains 300 mg of A and 400 mg of B, how many doses can you make from the original powders?
Click on your answer a, b or c
  1. 50
  2. 45
  3. 42

Number of Doses = Total Amount
Size of Single Dose

Multiple Choice Questions

SET 2: Question 4 of 6

100 ml of solution contains 2 g of drug A and 800 mg of drug B. If the solution provides 20 doses, what does each dose contain?
Click on your answer a, b or c
  1. 100 mg A, 40 mg B
  2. 200 mg A, 160 mg B
  3. 400 mg A, 160 mg B

The answer is a, each dose contains 100 mg of A and 40 mg of B.

Size of Single Dose= Total Amount
Number of Doses

Amount of A = 2000/20 = 100mg
Amount of B = 800/20 = 40mg

Size of Single Dose = Total Amount
Number of Doses

No, you are not correct.

The answer is a, each dose contains 100 mg of A and 40 mg of B.

Size of Single Dose= Total Amount
Number of Doses

Amount of A = 2000/20 = 100mg
Amount of B = 800/20 = 40mg

No, you are not correct.

The answer is a, each dose contains 100 mg of A and 40 mg of B.

Size of Single Dose= Total Amount
Number of Doses

Amount of A = 2000/20 = 100mg
Amount of B = 800/20 = 40mg

Multiple Choice Questions

SET 2: Question 5 of 6

You are provided with two solutions. The first contains 12 g of drug X, the second contains 20 g of drug Y. If one dose is to contain 150 mg of X and 500 mg of Y, how many doses can you make from the solutions?
Click on your answer a, b or c
  1. 40
  2. 49
  3. 80
The answer is a, you can make 40 doses from the solutions.

Number of Doses = Total Amount
Size of Single Dose

Multiple Choice Questions

SET 2: Question 6 of 6

A patient is given tablets as below: one tablet contains 70 mg of ingredient A, 80 mg of ingredient B and 45 mg of ingredient C. The patient is to take 3 tablets a day. If the maximum amount of B the patient can have in 2 months is 5.04 g and the maximum amount of C the patient can have is 4 g, what is the maximum number of days that the patient can take the tablets?
Click on your answer a, b or c
  1. 29 days
  2. 24 days
  3. 21 days

Number of Doses = Total Amount
Size of Single Dose