HESI A2 Mathematics practice focuses on the arithmetic, fractions, ratios, and conversions you'll need for safe medication dosage calculations.
A newborn's birth weight is recorded as 6,067 grams, and there are 453.59 grams in a pound. What is this infant's weight in pounds and ounces (rounded to the nearest ounce)?
A farmer is reviewing production statistics for a chicken farm and finds that it takes 2 chickens to produce 6 eggs in 24 hours. How many chickens will it take to produce 24 eggs in 24 hours?
A salesman needs to sell 63 items to make his monthly goal. There are eighteen selling days left in the month. What is the average number of items he needs to sell daily to reach his goal?
A mailman delivers mail to 675 households. Yesterday he delivered a total of 5,400 pieces of mail on his route. What was the average number of pieces of mail he delivered to each household? (Round to a whole number.)
A woman reads a scale that indicates that she weighs 75 kilograms. How many pounds does the woman weigh? (1 kg = 2.2 lb; enter numeric value only.)
A patient receives a 15% discount for a visit to the healthcare provider. The total charge for the medical services today is $532.00. How much will the patient pay in full today?
Sarah ran a 24-mile race. She ran 6 miles in 1 hour, 6 miles in 1.2 hours, 6 miles in 1.5 hours, and 6 miles in 1.6 hours. How long did it take her to finish the race?
A nurse working at a medical clinic earns $17.81 per hour. The nurse works three 8-hour shifts and one 12-hour shift every week, and is paid weekly. Weekly deductions are: federal tax $102.80, state tax $24.58, federal insurance $18.13, and family health insurance $52.15. What is the nurse's take-home pay each week?
Bill has 2.5 vacation days left for the rest of the year and 1.25 sick days left. If Bill uses all of his sick days and his vacation days, how many days will he have off work?
A man is reading a book. He reads two chapters per day, and each chapter is 6 pages long. If the book has 798 pages total, how many days will it take him to finish the book?
A patient is on a clear fluid diet. The intake/output chart shows that the patient consumed 19.27 fluid ounces of water and 16.25 fluid ounces of orange juice. The patient's urinary drainage bag contains 11.61 fluid ounces. What is the difference between the patient's fluid intake and output?
A person drove from 8:00 am Tuesday to 5:00 pm Wednesday, covering a total of 396 miles. On Tuesday he took a 30-minute lunch break, stopped driving at 7:00 pm to sleep overnight, and resumed driving at 5:00 am Wednesday. On Wednesday he again took a 30-minute lunch break. What was his average driving speed?
Once you're comfortable with mathematics, try a full HESI A2 practice test to see how it holds up under timed, mixed-section conditions, or head back to all HESI A2 categories.