SOLUTION: If a patient takes 1/2 tsp po q8h they would need 60ml for a _______ day supply ( please show work)

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Question 1204809: If a patient takes 1/2 tsp po q8h they would need 60ml for a _______ day supply ( please show work)
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1 tsp (one teaspoon) = 4.92892 milliliters.


60%2F4.92892 = 12.173 times to take.


Rounded, it is 12 times to take.


12 times to take cover 12*8 = 96 hours.  

    (It means that the medication will work 96 hours 
     from the starting moment to the last time moment when the medication stop acting).


96 hours is 96/24 = 4 days.


So, 60 mL is the 4 days supply.    ANSWER

Solved.

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It is a good problem for 4th - 5th - 6th grade young students,  although poorly formulated.

Such problems teach young students to think logically and to calculate accurately,
and give them sense of time.