Count On These Tips for Pharmacy Calculations

February 2026

Patients are counting on you to master common hospital math problems involving conversions, ratios, proportions, and percent solutions.

Use these tips to help confidently approach pharmacy calculations.

Consider keeping a “cheat sheet” of common conversions handy (1 gram = 1,000 milligrams, etc).

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Table of Contents

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