Fundamentals of Pharmaceutical Calculations PDF
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This document is an assignment for a pharmaceutical calculations module at the University of San Agustin. It contains questions about pharmaceutical calculations, such as differentiating fractions and decimal fractions, and defining percent, ratio, and proportion, as well as dimensional analysis, and significant figures.
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University of San Agustin Department of Pharmacy Pharmaceutical Calculations and Techniques (Lecture) NAME: ___________________________________COURSE, YR & SEC: __________________ MODULE # 1...
University of San Agustin Department of Pharmacy Pharmaceutical Calculations and Techniques (Lecture) NAME: ___________________________________COURSE, YR & SEC: __________________ MODULE # 1 FUNDAMENTALS OF PHARMACEUTICAL CALCULATIONS 1. What is pharmaceutical calculation? 2. Differentiate common fractions and decimal fractions. Give an example of each. 3. What is percent? In pharmacy, percent most often is used to? 4. What is ratio? proportion? 5. What is dimensional analysis? Other terms? What are the steps in solving problems by dimensional analysis? 6. What are significant figures? Whether zero is significant, however, depends on its position. The interpretation of zero may be summed up as? Reference/s:
