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2.11 Counting Atoms Practice Worksheet

The document provides instructions for counting the number of atoms in chemical formulas using symbols, subscripts, coefficients, and brackets. It explains that symbols represent single atoms, subscripts indicate the number of atoms if greater than one, coefficients multiply the total number of atoms, and subscripts outside brackets multiply all elements inside. Practice problems are then provided to count the total number of each type of atom in sample formulas.

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2.11 Counting Atoms Practice Worksheet

The document provides instructions for counting the number of atoms in chemical formulas using symbols, subscripts, coefficients, and brackets. It explains that symbols represent single atoms, subscripts indicate the number of atoms if greater than one, coefficients multiply the total number of atoms, and subscripts outside brackets multiply all elements inside. Practice problems are then provided to count the total number of each type of atom in sample formulas.

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How to Count Atoms

Practice Worksheet

1. The symbol of an element represents one atom of that element.

e.g. Na = 1 atom of Na

2. A subscript is a number written at the lower right corner behind the symbol of
an element. If there is more than one atom of the element, then a subscript is used
to indicate the number of atoms.

e.g. H2 = 2 atoms of H

3. A subscript outside a bracket multiples all the elements inside the bracket

e.g. Mg3(PO4)2 = 3 atoms of Mg, 2 atoms of P, 8 atoms of O (the ‘2’


outside the bracket multiplies both the ‘P’ and ‘O 4’)

4. A) A coefficient is a number written in front of a chemical symbol and


indicates the number of atoms of that element

e.g. 3C = 3 atoms of C

OR

B) A coefficient is a number written in front of a chemical formula and indicates the


number of molecules of that compound (a coefficient will multiply the number of
atoms of every element in the formula)

e.g. 2H2O = 2 molecules of H2O and thus, 4 atoms of H and 2 atoms of O

3CuSO4 = 3 molecules of CuSO4 and thus, 3 atoms of Cu, 3 atoms of


S and 12 atoms of O

4Pb(NO3)2 = 4 molecules of Pb(NO3)2 and thus, 4 atoms of Pb, 8 atoms of


N and 24 atoms of O
Counting Atoms Practice

Na2CO3
Name of # of atoms
atom
Na 2
C 1
O 3
Total 6

3K2CrO4

Name of # of atoms
atom
K 6
Cr 3
O 12
Total 21

5Mg3(PO4)2

Name of # of atoms
atom
Mg 15
P 10
O 40
Total 65

Pb(NO3)2

Type of # of atoms
atom
Pb 1
N 2
O 6
Total 9

2(NH4)2Cr2O7

Type of # of atoms
atom
N 4
H 16
Cr 4
O 14
Total 38

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