Question

A mother is to give her child 10 ccs of medicine every

6 hours. Unfortunately, she lost the syringe provided
with the liquid medicine. She calls your clinic for help.
How much medicine in teaspoons can you instruct
her to give to the child per dose? Per day?

Answer 1

See below in bold.

Explanation:

1 teaspoon holds 5 ccs so that is 2 teaspoons per dose.

2 teaspoons every 6 hours is 4 * 2 = 8 teaspoons per day.

Answer 2

8 spoons per day have to be given.

Explanation:

A mother has to give her child amount of medicine = 10 cc

Since 1 cc of medicine = 1 teaspoon

Therefore, 10 cc medicine = 2 tablespoon

Since mother has to to give her child 10 cc 6 hourly, this means 6 hourly 2 table spoons of medicine is recommended.

Therefore, per day number of spoons to be given = 4×2

= 8 spoons.