Question

Your demented mother is treating you for a cold (although you are having misgivings that she is actually trying to kill you) and wants to give you dimetapp (that you suspect is pure bleach). The instructions say to give 20cc and your mother only has a tsp. measure. How many tsp. would she give?

A) 2 tsp
B) 4 tsp
C) 6 tsp
D) 8 tsp

Answer 1

The problem requires a conversion from cubic centimeters to teaspoons for medication dosage, which is a Mathematics question at the Middle School level. The correct answer is B, 4 teaspoons.

Step-by-step explanation:

The subject of this question is clearly Mathematics, as the student is asked to convert a medication dose from cubic centimeters (cc) to teaspoons (tsp). The question is a conversion problem typically found at the Middle School level.

To solve this, we first need to know that 1 teaspoon is approximately equal to 5 cc. The instructions state that the dose is 20 cc. Therefore, to find out how many teaspoons are needed for 20 cc:

• Divide the total cc by the cc per teaspoon: 20 cc ÷ 5 cc per tsp = 4 tsp.

So the correct answer is B) 4 tsp.