Practical Math for Veterinary Technicians 2016-2024 Form

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okay we're gonna look at some math review so quick review here when we're working with units if you're going from smaller units to larger units always divide by the appropriate factor of 10. so an example .001 kilograms equals one gram which also equals a thousand milligrams which equals ten thousand micrograms if going from larger units to smaller units multiply by the appropriate factor of 10. so looking here one milligram is equal to .001 gram one milligram is equal to a thousand micrograms 3.14 micrograms is equal to 0.00314 milligrams and 26 milligrams is equal to 0.026 milligrams and so for me it's often just simply moving the decimal point appropriately so we've talked about drug calculations at nauseam in past lectures and when we're looking at drug calculations we're looking at weight multiplied by the dosage equals the dose so it's typically kilograms multiplied by mgs per keg equals the milligrams that we need to administer then we start looking at the number of tablets or t