Think Critically (1 gt each) 1. Bobbi is a second-semester pharmacy technician student. She is having difficulty with he

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Think Critically (1 gt each) 1. Bobbi is a second-semester pharmacy technician student. She is having difficulty with her calculations course. Although the instructor assures Bobbi that it is necessary to have a solid working knowledge of pharmacy math, she is not sure she will really ever have to use it on the job. How would you convince Bobbi of the importance of a strong calculations foundation? 2 Proper decimal notation is crucial in pharmacy calculations. Therefore, technicians cannot afford to misread a prescription. What would be the outcome if a pharmacy technician mistook 5 mcg for 5 mg and the pharmacist did not catch the error? 3. A compounding pharmacy receives an order for a 1% ointment. The technician weighs out 2 g of the active ingredient. What is the final weight of the correctly compounded prescription? 4. A technician is filling a medication for a 4-year-old child weighing 45 pounds. The average adult dose is 250 mg. How much medication should the child receive? Short Answers (0.5 pts each) 1. Give the units used in the metric system for the following: a. Volume: b. Weight: 2. Give the units used in the household system for the following: a. Volume: b. Weight: 3. Give the units used in the apothecary system for the following: a. Liquids: b. Dry weights: 4. Give the units used in the avoirdupois system for the following: a. Liquids: b. Weights: Prefixes (0.5 pts each) Identify the meaning of the following metric prefixes: 1. nano- 2. micro- 3. milli- 4. centi- 5. deci- 6. deca- 7. hector- 8. kilo-