APhA's Complete Math Review for the Pharmacy Technician |  | Author: William A. Hopkins
Publisher: APhA Publications
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Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 788194
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Pages: 170
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 11 x 8.5 x 0.4
ISBN: 1582120129
Dewey Decimal Number: 510
EAN: 9781582120126
ASIN: 1582120129
Publication Date: March 1, 2001
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Product Description
Provides a friendly, self-instructional approach to lifelong understanding of pharmaceutical calculations. Filled with real-world practice problems and the author's good humor and encouragement, this book thoroughly covers every topic related to pharmaceutical calculations that a pharmacy technician needs to know. Over 500 practice problems are spread throughout the book's 12 chapters, including answer key/solutions in the back. The book concludes with a 101-question "post-test" with each question being a real-world problem a technician might encounter in pharmacy practice.
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 Complete Math Review October 12, 2009
Sarah Louise Vaughan (Plano, TX)
Very indepth Math review of Pharmacy Tech math. Easy to understand explanations. Anyone who's about to take their Pharmacy Tech exam should purchase this for a quick review or to help understand concepts that you don't deal with daily.
Fun and informative book October 5, 2009
Ruth Sheek (Texas)
I bought this book because I'm preparing for the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board exam, and I was having some problems with the math concepts in my other textbook. I found that the author of this book is good at explaining the various principles without being overly complicated about it. This is especially helpful because I'm doing home study without access to an instructor. I also like that he gives plenty of practice problems to help you feel comfortable with the material in each chapter before going on to the next. I definitely recommend it for anyone wanting to feel more ready for the math involved in a pharmacy tech. career.
Don't upgrade shipping method if it is already free shipping!! September 25, 2009
Y. Zhu (SF, CA)
It came w/ good condition! what I recommend don't upgrade shipping method if it is already free shipping. I upgraded the shipping method on only this book out of 3 book, becuase I urgently need it, but I got this one last. (like 2 - 3 days different). I think US postal priority mail takes only 2 -3days to anywhere in the US, and the Ground shipping take upto 14days of shipping depend on the area. Its totally is not seller's fault.
 Worth keeping January 4, 2009
Bobby W. (USA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
You can usually tell when an author has a passion for the subject they are writing about, and this is the case with William A. Hopkin's Complete Math Review for the Pharmacy Technician (2nd edition).
The bottom line is the author covers most of the pharmacy math you are likely to encounter on tests and in the field, and he tries to handle the topics in an informal fashion. There are a liberal amount of practice questions, and the supplied answer key has very few errors.
Granted, in his zeal to drive a concept home the author occasionally goes off the deep end with non real-world examples that make you go through numerous steps to get to an answer. These brain teasers may be fun for those comfortable with the subject, but may frustrate those who are struggling. The book is a supplement to a class, it doesn't replace it.
Overall though, this is a good pharmacy math textbook, and worth keeping for future reference.
GREAT book for self-study! June 12, 2008
LadyGrey (Lexington, KY)
24 out of 24 found this review helpful
I have not taken any pharmacy tech courses. I have had three months experience as a retail pharmacy tech, then we relocated to a different state that pretty much requires you have certification. For the past 2.5 months, I have been studying on my own and this book has been SO amazingly helpful.
The author has written the book as though he were a friendly tutor with a sense of humor. It is definitely not a dry, boring math book. With every new concept, he starts you out with really easy concepts (using apples when explaining fractions or using a simple rice recipe when introducing reducing/enlarging formulas). It gives you a chance to wrap your head around what he's doing before getting into the pharmaceutical applications. Don't get me wrong, though... he definitely challenges you once you've had a chance to understand it.
One of the first chapters in the book teaches you all about units & conversions. This is probably the most important chapter in the whole book because you have to use the info in it to be able to work all the other problems. He uses helpful tables that you can refer back to. From my own personal experience, a couple chapters after the units/conversions chapter, I'd flipped back to the tables enough that I had them memorized without trying.
Rather than bogging you down with lots of formulas, he teaches how to solve most problems using simple logic and/or ration & proportion. There are a few formulas (I think I've used 3 so far), but he only uses them when necessary. I feel like the way I've learned to work problems from this book has much more real-world applicability than if I had learned a dozen formulas and panicked when I couldn't remember them on the job.
Another thing I love & appreciate about this book is that, for example, if you're working a problem in chapter 8, he'll throw in steps from chapter 2 or 5 or 7 to keep you on your toes. In other words, you'll have to solve part of the problem using concepts you learned earlier in the book in order to get to what you need to solve the current problem. It keeps you refreshed on ALL the material so that you don't finish the book & find that you've forgotten half of it.
The answers to the practice problems are also helpful. He not only gives you the answers in the back of the book, but he SHOWS how he got the answers and/or gives a brief explanation. Other books I looked at had reviews about lots of typos, but I've worked 10 of the 13 chapters in this book and have not had any problems.
I HIGHLY recommend this book, especially if you're a self-studier like me. It takes away a lot of the anxiety about not having an instructor to ask for help because the book explains everything so well and in a friendly manner. I take the PTCE in 3 days, and after having put in some quality time with this book and taking some practice tests in other books, I feel very well prepared.
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I received my PTCE score this week. Not only did I pass, but I got an 868 (the scale is 300-900; you need a 650 to pass). The majority of the test was math-related. I'm SO glad I used this book!
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