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What Kind of Math do You Need to Be a Medical Assistant?

What Kind of Math do You Need to Be a Medical Assistant?

Medical assistants use arithmetic constantly: converting between fractions, decimals and percentages, working with ratios and proportions for dosage, reading metric and household measures, and handling basic billing math. Below: each skill with the situation it comes up in. Quick answer: Yes, medical assistants use math, mostly basic arithmetic, fractions, decimals, percents, ratios and unit conversions. […]