Determining Insulin Doses

On August 13, 2011 8 year-old Moriah was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. I was with her when the nurse and nutritionist explained how to determine her insulin doses. It is quite a bit of math for an 8 year-old to have to do at every meal. I decided to turn it into a worksheet.

Skills required:

Adding 2 digit numbers
Multiplying 2 digit numbers by 2 digit numbers
Dividing 2 digit numbers by 1 digit numbers
Dividing 3 digit numbers by 2 digit numbers
Rounding
Working with tabular data
Some understanding of fractions and ratios

Portion sizes

Always a whole number times the serving size. (Serving size x 1, serving size x 2)
May be a mixed number times the serving size. (Serving size x 1 1/2)

Enter your own values

You may enter your own values, or leave them blank to have random values used. The values you enter may be adjusted if they are out of range.

Target blood glocuse reading: (Range: 100 - 150)

Carbs per unit of insulin: (Range: 10 - 30)

Corrective dose: one unit of insulin for every X points: (Range: 20 - 80)

Always round insulin doses up.

Multiple worksheets

Create different worksheets using these selections.

Memo Line

Include Answer Key