Name: ________________________________

Date: _________________________________

WORKSHEET
1. Chemical formulas can have three components.
a) The ________________
Element sybmbols which are represented by a single uppercase letter, or represented by an
uppercase letter followed by a lowercase letter. This tells you the types of elements in the compound.
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b) The ________________ which are numbers that are found on the lower ________________- hand side
Atoms
of each element symbol. This tells you the number of ________________ of this element in the
molecule. If an element symbol has no subscript next to it, then this indicates that there is only
One
________________ atom of this element in the molecule.
Subscript
c) The ________________ which surround some groups of atoms indicate that the numbers of all of the
Supscripts on the outside of
Multiplied by the ________________
atoms inside the bracket need to be ________________
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the bracket found on the lower ________________ - hand side of that bracket.

2. Record the number of each atom in each molecule, then record the total number of atoms in the molecule:
1) NaOH 2) HNO3 3) Li2O
Element # of Atoms Element # of Atoms Element # of Atoms

Total Total Total

4) Li2SO4 5) NH4Cl 6) CaClO3
Element # of Atoms Element # of Atoms Element # of Atoms

Total Total Total

7) H2COCH2 8) Mg(OH)2 9) Al(OH)3
Element # of Atoms Element # of Atoms Element # of Atoms

Total Total Total

10) NH4C2H3O2 11) NaC2H3O2 12) (NH4)3PO4
Element # of Atoms Element # of Atoms Element # of Atoms

Total Total Total

13) Ca3(PO4)2 14) Fe2(CO3)3 15) Al2(SO3)3
Element # of Atoms Element # of Atoms Element # of Atoms

Total Total Total