HESI A2
MATH
Jeff walks 5 miles west then turns north and walked 8
miles. How far has Jeff walked?
11 miles
Julie picks 26 tomatoes from the tomato
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garden. She gives 7 tomatoes to her next-door
neighbor. How many tomatoes does Julie have now?
19
Jan is preparing an examination for 29 students.
Each student will have 30 questions, with no student
having duplicate questions. How many questions will
Jan need to prepare?
870
John is ordering lunch for the volunteers at the
hospital. There are 12 units in the hospital, with 15
volunteers in each unit. How many lunches will John
need to order?
180
There are 225 pieces of candy in a large jar. Ben
wants to give the 25 campers in his group an even
amount of candy. How many pieces of candy will
each camper receive?
9
Edie has 132 tulip bulbs. She wants to plant all of the
tulip bulbs in 12 rows. How many tulip bulbs will
Edie plant in each row?
11
Bill has 2.5 vacation days left for the rest of the year
and 1.25 sick days left. If bill uses all of his sick days
and his vacation days, how many days will he have
off work?
3.75
Erin has 6.25 peach pies. She gives Rose 3.75 of the
peach pies. How many pies does Erin have left?
2.5
How many ounces are there in a gallon?
128
In class the ratio of males to females is 4:5. If there
are 36 total students, how many females are in the
class?
Males= 4
Females= 5
Total= 9
How many times does 9 go into 36? 4.
so multiply 4 by each male, female, and total.
male= 4*4= 16
female= 5*4= 20
total= 9*4= 36
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 [Show Less]