Question

The physician has ordered 1.0 g of tetracycline to be given every six hours to a patient. If your stock on hand is 500-mg tablets, how many will you need for on Express the number of tablets as an integer.

Answer 1

To find out how many 500-mg tablets are needed to reach 1.0 g, we need to convert 1.0 g to milligrams.

1.0 g = 1,000 mg

Since there are 500-mg tablets, we can divide 1,000 mg by 500 mg to find out how many tablets are needed.

1,000 mg ÷ 500 mg = 2 tablets

Therefore, you will need 2 tablets.