Help Learners Master Pharmacy Calculations

February 2026

Conversations with pharmacy educators have revealed students are having difficulty passing the math portion of the NAPLEX.

Use these tips to help decrease errors and increase learners’ confidence with Rx calculations...conversions, ratios, proportions, etc.

Consider keeping a “cheat sheet” of common conversions handy (1 gram = 1,000 milligrams, etc). Teach learners to MULTIPLY when converting from large to small units, and DIVIDE when converting from small to large.

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