Numeracy for Nursing Practice

Fractions, Decimals and Percentages

• Fractions, Decimals and Percentages

  A sound understanding of fractions and decimals will help you to master the basics of drug calculations quickly and efficiently.
  

  The following resources will help you to refresh your knowledge of fractions, decimals and percentages, including how to perform calculations with them and how they relate to each other in practice. 

  • Select activity Fractions, Decimal Fractions and Percentages: Explained with Infographics!

    

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    The link above will take you to a gallery of 2 infographics, which explain fractions, decimal fractions and percentages in their simplest terms.
    

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    This Prezi resource covers the basics of fractions, from what they are, through to cancelling and multiplying for drug calculations. Work through at your own pace and in your time, and please feel free to contact me if you are still concerned.
    

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    The following resources will help you to tackle the various calculations relating to fractions, decimals and percentages:

    Introduction to Fractions - Open University

    Finding a Fraction of a Number - Maths Doctor

    Simplifying Fractions - Maths Doctor

    Learning to multiply fractions efficiently and confidently will help you to work out drug calculations confidently and efficiently. It is absolutely vital to many of the standard formulae used in drug calculations. Thankfully, it is much easier than you probably remember.  The screencast below will help you to understand the process. Please do follow the other links available on this site if you are having difficulties with understanding related concepts such as cancelling down. Alternatively, please feel free to book a tutorial or a small group workshop, where I will be able to consolidate your understanding of these calculations.
    

    Multiplying Fractions - Khan Academy
    

    
    

    You may need to revise your written division methods from Topic 1 before attempting this section.

    Alternatively, it is a very good idea to memorise the most common equivalencies between decimals and fractions so thoroughly that they become second nature to you. 

    Converting Fractions to Decimals - Khan Academy 

    Converting Decimals to Fractions - Khan Academy

    Fractions, Decimals and Percentages - Khan Academy

    Fractions, Decimals and Percentages - Maths Doctor

    Once you are confident with all of these, try the test below to check your skills!

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