How much sugar is in bubblegum?

Background Percent composition is a common laboratory procedure that is used to identify a substance. To calculate the % of a particular substance within a compound, the following formula is used: Mass of substance of interest x 100 = % composition Total mass of substance Purpose To calculate the percentage of sugar in a piece of gum Hypothesis: Materials Gum

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Procedure 1. Obtain a piece of wrapped bubble gum. Determine the mass of the gum (with the wrapper on.) 2. Remove the wrapper and chew the bubble gum until all the sugar has been swallowed. (about 3-4 minutes) 3. Find the mass of the wrapper while you are chewing, but dont throw it away. 4. Return the chewed gum to the wrapper and find the mass. (gum absorbs a tiny amount of water, so it is not necessary to dehydrate it or wait unit it dries). Data Mass of wrapped bubble gum(before chewing) Mass of gum wrapper (not Pdiddy) *mass of unchewed gum Mass of chewed gum on wrapper Mass of gum wrapper *Mass of chewed gum Mass of sugar (mass of unchewed gum-mass of chewed gum) Calculation of percent composition: (show your work) Mass of sugar x 100 = % sugar Mass of unchewed gum

Table 2: Class data - % of sugar in gum Group 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Class Mean % sugar

% composition sugar

Class Median % Sugar

(sum of all % / # of groups)

(middle number)

1) Compare your groups % composition sugar to the class mean and median. Should they be close in value? Explain (why or why not?)

2) In this experiment is the mean or median better to use for reporting your class data?

3) What is the molar mass of sugar C12H22O11?

4) Calculate the percentage error of your experimental value.

5) % E =

(experimental value true value ) true value

x 100