If a doctor orders 10mg of a medication that is 0.005 grams per tablet, how many tablets should the client receive?

To determine how many tablets the client should receive based on the doctor's order of 10mg of medication, it is essential to convert the dosage into the same unit of measurement as that of the tablets.

The ordered dose is 10mg, and each tablet contains 0.005 grams of the medication. First, let’s convert grams to milligrams since 1 gram is equal to 1000 milligrams:

0.005 grams is equivalent to:

0.005 grams × 1000 mg/g = 5 mg per tablet.

Now, to find out how many tablets are needed to reach the prescribed dose of 10mg, we can use the following calculation:

Total mg needed (10mg) ÷ mg per tablet (5mg) = Number of tablets.

This results in:

10mg ÷ 5mg/tablet = 2 tablets.

Therefore, the correct answer is two tablets, as that is the amount needed to fulfill the doctor's order of 10mg of medication.