Math and Dosage Calculations for Health Care 3rd Edition by James Whaley, Kathryn Booth, Booth Kathryn

Exercise 138

In Exercises 16, convert the dosage ordered to the same units as those marked on calibrated utensils. You may wish to refer to the conversion factors in Chapter 3. There may be more than one correct answer for each conversion.
An oral medication comes in a bottle labeled 10 units per cubic centimeter. The dose to be administered is 50 units. Which of the following is a correct dose?
a. 50 mL
b. 500 mL
c. 5 mL
d. 0.5 mL