The mole and chemical formulae -Worksheet

Write the empirical formula for the following compounds.

1) C6H6
2) C8H18
3) WO2
4) C2H6O2
5) X39Y13
6) A compound with an empirical formula of C2OH4 and a molar mass of
88 grams per mole. What is the molecular formula of this compound?
7) A compound with an empirical formula of C4H4O and a molar mass of
136 grams per mole. What is the molecular formula of this
compound?
8) A compound with an empirical formula of CFBrO and a molar mass of
254.7 grams per mole. What is the molecular formula of this
compound?
9) A compound with an empirical formula of C2H8N and a molar mass of
46 grams per mole. What is the molecular formula of this compound?
10) A compound is 24.7% Calcium, 1.2% Hydrogen, 14.8% Carbon, and 59.3%
Oxygen. Write the empirical formula and name the compound.
11) A compound is 21.20% Nitrogen, 6.06% Hydrogen, 24.30% Sulfur, and
48.45% Oxygen. Write the empirical formula and name the compound

12) Rubbing alcohol was found to contain 60.0 % carbon, 13.4 %

hydrogen, and the remaining mass was due to oxygen. What is the
empirical formula of rubbing alcohol?
13) A compound is 44.82% Potassium, 18.39% Sulfur, and 36.79%
Oxygen. Write the empirical formula and name the compound.
14) A compound is 92.2% Carbon and 7.76% Hydrogen. The formula
mass of the compound is 78.1 g. Calculate the empirical formula and
molecular formula of the compound.
15) The molar mass of nicotine is 162.1g/mol. It contains 74.0 %
carbon, 8.7% hydrogen and 17.3 % nitrogen. Determine nicotine’s
empirical formula and molecular formula.
16) Sample X which weighs 3.585g contains 1.388g of C, o.345g of H ,
1.850 g of O and its molar mass is 62g. What is the molecular formula
of this substance ?
17) In the lab, a chemist analyzed a sample of methanol and found
that it was made of 6.2 g of carbon, 4.1 g of hydrogen, and 15.9 g of
oxygen. What is the percent composition of each element?
18) A compound contains 1.2 moles of carbon and 3.2 moles of
hydrogen. What is the percent composition by mass of each element
in the compound?
19) What is the percent composition by mass for each element in
sodium phosphate, Na3PO4?
20) What is the percent composition by mass for each element in
hydrogen peroxide, H2O2?
21) What is the percent composition by mass for each element in
carbon dioxide, CO2?
22) What is the percent composition by mass for each element in
glucose, C6H12O6?

23) Find the percent compositions of all of the elements in the following
compounds:

 CuBr2
 NaOH
 N2S2
 KMnO4
 HCl
 Mg(NO3)2
 (NH4)3PO4
 Al2(SO4)3