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___ 8. What is the result of the following multiplication expressed in scientific notation to the
correct number of significant figures?
(2.08 105)(7.0 10-5) =
a) 1.4 10-1 b) 1.456 101 c) 1.5 101 d) 1 101 e) 1.46 101
___ 12. What volume would be occupied by a piece of aluminum (density 2.70 g/mL) weighing
56.5 g?
a) 153 mL b) 4.78 10–2 mL c) 20.9 mL d) 2.09 mL e) none of these
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___ 19. How many hydrogen atoms are indicated by the formula (NH 4)2C8H4O2?
a) 8 b) 12 c) 20 d) 24 e) none of these
___ 20. Which of the following contains the largest number of oxygen atoms?
a) 4H2O b) 3CO2 c) O3 d) H2SO4 e) Al(NO3)3
___ 23. How many protons, electrons, and neutrons, respectively, does 27 Al3+ have?
a) 13, 13, 14 b) 13, 10, 14 c) 13, 13, 27 d) 13, 10, 27 e) 13, 13, 13
___ 24. The atom with 67 neutrons and 50 protons has a mass number of
a) 67 b) 50 c) 17 d) 117 e) cannot be determined from information
given
___ 25. How many electrons are present in a bromine atom with a mass number of 88?
a) 35 b) 88 c) 123 d) 53 e) 6.02 1023
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___ 40. How many atoms of calcium are present in 89.8 g of calcium?
a) 3.72 10–24 b) 5.41 1025 c) 6.02 1023 d) 1.35 1024
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___ 43. 2.60 moles of oxygen molecules contain how many oxygen atoms?
a) 42 b) 83 c) 1.57 1024 d) 4.63 1023 e) 3.13 1024
___ 44. How many molecules of F2 are there in 2.8 mol F2?
a) 3.4 1024 molecules d) 4.6 10–24 molecules
b) 0.8 1024 molecules e) 1.7 1024 molecules
23
c) 2.2 10 molecules
___ 48. Convert: 8.10 1022 molecules NH3 = ___________ mol NH3
a) 4.88 1046 b) 7.43 c) 2.29 d) 0.135 e) none of these
___ 50. A sample containing 1.12 mol of zinc has a mass of ________ g.
a) 1.71 10–2 b) 58.4 c) 73.2 d) 66.5 e) 6.74 1023
___ 52. Calculate the number of moles of Cl2 molecules in a sample that contains 8.616 1025
molecules of Cl2.
a) 5.189 1049 mol b) 6.989 10–3 mol c) 2.862 102 mol d) 143.1 mol
___ 53. Compound X2Y is known to be 60% X by mass. Calculate the percent Y by mass of the
compound X2Y2.
a) 20% b) 30% c) 40% d) 60% e) 80%
___ 54. Determine the percentage composition (by mass) of oxygen in H 2SO4.
a) 16.31 % b) 31.95 % c) 65.25 % d) 23.48 % e) 78.25 %
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___ 55. What is the percent (by mass) of carbon in glucose, C6H12O6?
a) 40.0 % b) 6.67 % c) 10.0 % d) 47.9 % e) none of these
___ 56. The empirical formula for the compound having the formula H 2C2O4 is
a) COH b) COH2 c) C2H2 d) C2O4H2 e) CO2H
___ 57. A compound is composed of element X and hydrogen. Analysis shows the compound to
be 80% X by mass, with three times as many hydrogen atoms as X atoms per molecule.
Which element is element X?
a) C b) He c) F d) S e) none of these
___ 58. The empirical formula for acetic acid is CH2O. Its molar mass is 60 g/mol. The molecular
formula is
a) CH2O b) C2H4O2 c) C2H6O d) C2HO2 e) none of the above
59. A 7.33-g sample of lanthanum, La, combines with oxygen to give 10.29 g of the oxide.
Calculate the empirical formula of this oxide.
60. A compound has a molar mass of 86 g/mol and has the percent composition (by mass) of
55.8% C, 37.2% O, and 7.0% H. Determine the empirical formula and the molecular
formula.
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Answer Key
1. c
2. d
3. a
4. 23,460
5. a
6. d
7. d
8. c
9. a
10. a
11. b
12. c
13. b
14. a
15. a
16. H2,N2,O2,F2,Cl2,Br2.I2
17. e
18. d
19. b
20. e
21. d
22. c
23. b
24. d
25. a
26. a. 16
b. 32
c. 16
d. 16
e. 16
27. c
28. a
29. d
30. b
31. b
32. b
33. silicon dioxide
34. N2O
35. H2SO3
36. Mg3(PO4)2
37. aluminum hydroxide
38. N2O4
39. e
40. d
41. c
42. c
43. e
44. e
45. c
46. a
47. c
48. d
49. b
50. c
51. b
52. d
53. d
54. c
55. a
56. e
57. a
58. b
59. La2O7
60. C2H3O
C4H6O2
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