TEAS Mathematics Practice Test 1 Flashcards
Which of these expressions is equivalent to the phrase, “three less than one-half of a number?”
A. 1/2(x−3)
B. 1/2x−3
C. (1/2−3)x
D. 3x−1/2
A nurse rounds the amount of saline solution in an IV bag to the nearest whole milliliter and records 143 mL on the patient’s chart. Which of the following is the smallest possible contents of the IV bag?
A. 141.98 mL
B. 142.48 mL
C. 142.79 mL
D. 143.02 mL
Which of these is equivalent to 0.0012?
A. 0.000012%
B. 0.12%
C. 1.2%
D. 0.012%
Eighty students out of 192 in a college dorm have contracted influenza. At this rate, how many of the 6,000 students living in campus dorms would be expected to contract influenza?
A. 500
B. 1,200
C. 2,500
D. 3,500
Solve for z: −8z + 3 = 19
A. −128
B. −2
C. 24
D. 30
One hundred twenty lab technicians work at the main campus of a hospital. Sixty percent of this staff also works at an affiliated clinic off campus. How many of these lab technicians work at this clinic?
A. 48
B. 60
C. 72
D. 90
What is the area of a circle whose diameter is 8 centimeters? Type your answer in the box below.
_______________π square centimeters
A cancer patient is prescribed 10 mg of Phenergan every 12 hours for nausea. A 150 mL bottle that indicates “4 milligrams of Phenergan are contained in one teaspoon” is available. How many mL must the nurse administer for a single dose? (Remember that 1 teaspoon = 5 mL)
A. 2.5 mL
B. 12.5 mL
C. 25 mL
D. 50 mL
The manager of a hospice center estimates that each of her three staff members can change the sheets on a patient’s bed in 8 minutes. Working independently, how long would it take them to make 57 beds?
A. 152 minutes
B. 171 minutes
C. 228 minutes
D. 456 minutes
A nurse monitors the water intake of a patient five times per day. The number of ounces recorded are 28.7, 31.6, 19.2, 23.1, and 17.9. What is the average of these five readings? Type your answer in box below, rounded to the nearest tenth.
_________ounces
