2-11. COMMON EQUIVALENTS
Metric
Apothecary
Household
1000 ml = 1 liter
equals approx. 1 quart = 4 cups
1 quart
500 ml
equals approx. 1 pint = 2 cups
1 pint
240 ml
equals approx. 8 ounces
1 cup
30 ml
equals approx. 1 ounce
Approximate Common Equivalents
1 tbsp = 15 ml = 1/2 oz
2.2 lbs = 1 kg
1 tsp = 5 ml = 1/6 oz
3 tsp = 1 tbsp
2 tbsp = 6 tsp = 30 ml = 1 oz
8 oz = 240 ml = 1 cup
60 mg = 1 gr
1 ml = 1 cc
1000 mcg = 1 mg
1000 ml = 1 liter
1000 mg = 1 gm
1000 gm = 1 kg
1 unit whole blood = 500 ml
1 unit packed red blood cells = 250 ml
2-12. PRACTICE 2-2 (SYSTEMS OF MEASUREMENT)
a. Change the following measures to equivalents within the metric system:
(1)
1000 mg =
gm
(2)
500 mg =
gm
(3)
200 ml =
L
(4)
1500 mg =
gm
(5)
0.1 L =
ml
(6)
750 mg =
gm
(7)
1 kg =
gm
(8)
5L=
ml
(9)
4 mg =
gm
(10)
100 gm =
kg
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