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How To Count Atoms

This document provides instructions on how to count atoms in chemical formulas using symbols, subscripts, and coefficients. It explains that symbols represent single atoms, subscripts indicate the number of atoms if there is more than one, and a subscript outside brackets multiplies all elements inside. It also notes that a coefficient written before a symbol indicates the number of atoms or molecules and multiplies the number of each element in the formula. Examples are provided to illustrate these counting rules.

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How To Count Atoms

This document provides instructions on how to count atoms in chemical formulas using symbols, subscripts, and coefficients. It explains that symbols represent single atoms, subscripts indicate the number of atoms if there is more than one, and a subscript outside brackets multiplies all elements inside. It also notes that a coefficient written before a symbol indicates the number of atoms or molecules and multiplies the number of each element in the formula. Examples are provided to illustrate these counting rules.

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How to Count Atoms.

Worksheet 202
Name________________________________________________________________Gr 3
oup____

1. The symbol of an element represents one atom of that element.

e.g., Ba = ______________________________________________

2. A subscript is a number written at the lower right corner behind the symbol of
an element. If there is more than one atom of the element, then a subscript is used
to indicate the number of atoms.

e.g., Cl2 = _______________________________________

3. A subscript outside a bracket multiples all the elements inside the brackets.

e.g., Ca3 (PO4)2 =

Ca = ________

P = ________

O = ________
How to Count Atoms. Worksheet 202
Name________________________________________________________________Gr 3
oup____

4. A coefficient is a number written in front of a chemical symbol and indicates


the number of atoms of that element or number of molecules

e.g., 3 C = _______________________________

2 Na2SO4 = _____________________ _____________________ ______________________

A subscript is a number written after an symbol in a formula and indicates the


number of atoms of the kind in the molecule.

e.g H2SO4 The subscript of H = 2 and the subscript of O = ____

Note: a coefficient multiples the number of atoms of each element in the formula

e.g.
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3 Na2SO4
How to Count Atoms. Worksheet 202
Name________________________________________________________________Gr 3
oup____

2 H2O _____ molecules of Na2SO4 4 Pb(NO3)2


_____ molecules of H2O _____ Na (copper) _____ molecules of Pb(NO3)2
_____ H (hydrogen) _____ S (sulphur) _____ Pb (lead)
_____ O (oxygen) _____ O (oxygen) _____ N (nitrogen)
_____ O (oxygen

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