Suggested problems – chapter-3

1. What is the mass, in grams, of one Zn atom?

A. 30.0 g
B. 65.39 g
C. 3.94 x 1025g
D. 1.09 x 10-22 g
E. 1.661 x 10-24g

2. How many C atoms are in 5.50 g of C?

A. 5.01 x 1022 C atoms
B. 3.31 x 1024 C atoms
C. 6.02 x 1023 C atoms
D. 2.76 x 1023 C atoms
E. 5.50 x 1023 C atoms

3. An organic thiol compound is 38.66% C, 9.73% H, and 51.61% S by mass. What is the
empirical formula of this compound?
A. C2H6S
B. C3H8S
C. C4H10S
D. C4H12S
E. C5H14S

4. A compound with an empirical formula of C2H4Br has a molar mass of 215.90 g/mol.
What is the molecular formula?
A. C4H8Br2
B. C2H4Br
C. CHBr
D. C6H12Br3
E. C4H8Br

5. When balanced the coefficient of O2 in the following equation is

__ C2H4 + __ O2  __ CO2 + __ H2O
A. 1.
B. 2.
C. 3.
D. 4.
E. 6.
6. Balance the following equation and list the coefficients in order from left to right.
__ SF4 + __ H2O  __ H2SO3 + __ HF
A. 1, 1, 1, 4
B. 2, 6, 2, 8
C. 1, 2, 1, 4
D. 1, 3, 1, 4
E. 2, 3, 2, 8

7. When 22.0 g NaCl and 21.0 g H2SO4 are mixed and react according to the equation
below, which is the limiting reagent?
2NaCl + H2SO4  Na2SO4 + 2HCl
A. NaCl
B. H2SO4
C. Na2SO4
D. HCl
E. No reagent is limiting.

8. Sulfur dioxide gas reacts with oxygen gas and water according to the chemical reaction
below. When 4.5 g of SO2 are mixed with excess O2 and H2O, how many grams of
H2SO4 are produced?
2SO2(g) + O2(g) + 2H2O(l)  2H2SO4(l)
A. 4.5 g
B. 440 g
C. 9.0 g
D. 14 g
E. 6.9 g

9. The reaction of 44.1 g of Cr2O3 with 35.0 g of Al produced 25.6 g of Cr. What is the
percent yield for this reaction?
2Al + Cr2O3  Al2O3 + 2Cr
A. 37.9 %
B. 58.0 %
C. 73.1 %
D. 84.9%
E. 100. %

Suggested Problems – Chapter-4

1. What mass of C6H12O6 (glucose) is needed to prepare 450. mL of a 0.650 M solution

of glucose in water?
A. 0.293 g
B. 293 g
C. 0.692 g
D. 52.7 g
E. 125 g
2. A 20.00 mL sample of 0.1015 M nitric acid is introduced into a flask, and water is
added until the volume of the solution reaches 250. mL. What is the concentration of
nitric acid in the final solution?
A. 1.27 M
B. 8.12  10–3 M
C. 0.406 M
D. 3.25  10–2 M
E. 5.08  10–4 M

3. What volume (mL) of a 0.3428 M HCl(aq) solution is required to completely

neutralize 23.55 mL of a 0.2350 M Ba(OH)2(aq) solution?
Ba(OH)2(aq) + 2HCl(aq)  2H2O(aq) + BaCl2(g)
A. 55.34 mL
B. 11.07 mL
C. 16.14 mL
D. 32.29 mL
E. 47.10 mL

4. Zinc dissolves in hydrochloric acid to yield hydrogen gas:

Zn(s) + 2HCl(aq)  ZnCl2(aq) + H2(g)
What mass of hydrogen gas is produced when a 7.35 g chunk of zinc dissolves in 500.
mL of 1.200M HCl?
A. 0.605 g
B. 0.113 g
C. 0.302 g
D. 0.453 g
E. 0.227 g

5. What is the molar concentration of chloride ions in a solution prepared by mixing 100.
mL of 2.0 M
KCl with 50. mL of a 1.5 M CaCl2
solution?

A. 5.3 M
B. 4.3 M
C. 3.3 M
D. 2.3 M
E. None of the above

6. What volume of concentrated nitric acid (15.0 M) is required to make 100. mL of a 3.0
M nitric acid
solution?
A. 20. mL
B. 30. mL
C. 40. mL
D. 50. mL
E. None of the above
Suggested problems – Chapter-5

1. What is the pressure of the sample of gas trapped in the open-tube mercury manometer
shown below if atmospheric pressure is 736 mmHg and h = 9.2 cm?

A. 92 mmHg
B. 644 mmHg
C. 736 mmHg
D. 828 mmHg

2. At constant temperature, the volume of the container that a sample of nitrogen gas is in
is doubled. As a result the pressure of the nitrogen gas is halved. The amount of nitrogen
gas is unchanged in this process. This is an example of:
A. Boyle's Law
B. Avogadro's Law
C. Charles's Law
D. Dalton's Law
E. Gay-Lussac's Law

3. A sample of a gas occupies 1.40  103 mL at 25C and 760 mmHg. What volume will
it occupy at the same temperature and 380 mmHg?
A. 2,800 mL
B. 2,100 mL
C. 1,400 mL
D. 1,050 mL
E. 700 mL

4. A 250 mL flask contains 3.4 g of neon gas at 45C. Calculate the pressure of the neon
gas inside the flask.
A. 0.050 atm
B. 0.46 atm
C. 18 atm
D. 38 atm
E. 3.5 x 102 atm
5. A small bubble rises from the bottom of a lake, where the temperature and pressure are
4C and 3.0 atm, to the water's surface, where the temperature is 25C and the pressure is
0.95 atm. Calculate the final volume of the bubble if its initial volume was 2.1 mL.
A. 0.72 mL
B. 6.2 mL
C. 7.1 mL
D. 22.4 mL
E. 41.4 mL

6. Calculate the density of Ar(g) at –11C and 675 mmHg.

A. –39.3 g/L
B. 1.52g/L
C. 1.65 g/L
D. 39.95 g/L
E. 1254 g/L

7. A 0.271 g sample of an unknown vapor occupies 294 mL at 140.C and 847 mmHg.
The empirical formula of the compound is CH2. What is the molecular formula of the
compound?
A. CH2
B. C2H4
C. C3H6
D. C4H8
E. C6H12

8. what volume of O2(g) at 810. mmHg pressure is required to react completely with a
4.50g sample of C(s) at 48C?
2 C(s) + O2(g)  2 CO(g)
A. 1.22 L
B. 3.47 L
C. 4.63 L
D. 9.26 L
E. 111 L

9. On a spring morning (20.C) you fill your tires to a pressure of 2.25 atmospheres. As
you ride along, the tire heats up to 45C from the friction on the road. What is the
pressure in your tires now in units of atmospheres?
A. 2.14 atmospheres
B. 2.34 atmospheres
C. 2.64 atmospheres
D. 2.94 atmospheres
E. None of the above