A mother is to give her child 20ccs of medicine every 6 hours. Unfortunately, sh
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Question
A mother is to give her child 20ccs of medicine every 6 hours. Unfortunately, she lost the syringe that came with the prescription. How many teaspoons can you instruct the mother to give her child per dose? Show work
A mother is to give her child 20ccs of medicine every 6 hours. Unfortunately, she lost the syringe that came with the prescription. How many teaspoons can you instruct the mother to give her child per dose? Show work
A mother is to give her child 20ccs of medicine every 6 hours. Unfortunately, she lost the syringe that came with the prescription. How many teaspoons can you instruct the mother to give her child per dose? Show work
Explanation / Answer
The metric teaspoon has a measure of 5 cm3 (cc) . Therefore to provide 20 cc of medicine
number of teaspoon full of medicine to be given = 20 cc/5 cc = 4
Mother should give 4 teaspoons full of medicine to her child every 6 hours