Problem Sheet – Moles

Question 1
Calculate the number of moles in each of the following masses:
(a) 64.1 g of aluminium
(b) 28.1 g of silicon
Question 2
Calculate the mass of each of the following amounts:
(a) 1.22 mol sodium
(b) 0.275 mol mercury
Question 3
Calculate the amount in moles in each of the following quantities:
(a) 3.01 x 1023 atoms of rubidium
(b) 8.08 x 1022 atoms of krypton
Question 4
Calculate the number of atoms in each of the following amounts:
(a) 1.004 mol bismuth
(b) 2.5 mol manganese
Question 5
Calculate the number of atoms in each of the following masses:
(a) 54.0 g of aluminium
(b) 69.45 g of lanthanum
Question 6
Calculate the mass of the following numbers of atoms:
(a) 6.023 x 1024 atoms of tantalum
(b) 3.01 x 1021 atoms of cobalt
Question 7
Calculate the number of moles in each of the following masses:
(a) 3.00 g of boron tribromide, BBr3
(b) 0.472 g of sodium fluoride, NaF
Question 8
Determine the mass of each of the following amounts:
(a) 1.366 mol of NH3
(b) 0.120 mol of glucose, C6H12O6
Question 9
Calculate the number of molecules in each of the following amounts:
(a) 4.99 mol of methane, CH4
(b) 0.00520 mol of nitrogen gas, N2
Question 10
Calculate the number of formula units in the following amounts:
(a) 1.25 mol of potassium bromide, KBr
(b) 5.00 mol of magnesium chloride, MgCl2
Question 11
Calculate the amount in moles of the following numbers of molecules or formula units:
(a) 3.34 x 1034 formula units of Cu(OH)2
(b) 1.17 x 1016 molecules of H2S
Question 12
Calculate the mass of each of the following quantities:
(a) 2.41 x 1024 molecules of hydrogen, H2
(b) 5.00 x 1021 formula units of aluminum hydroxide, Al(OH)3
Question 13
Calculate the number of molecules or formula units in each of the following masses:
(a) 22.9 g of sodium sulfide, Na2S
(b) 0.272 g of nickel(II) nitrate, Ni(NO3)2
Question 14
Calculate the mass of aluminium that would have the same number of atoms as 6.35 g of cadmium.
Question 15
A chemist weighs a steel cylinder of compressed oxygen, O2, and finds that it has a mass of 1027.8 g. After
some of the oxygen is used in an experiment, the cylinder has a mass of 1023.2 g. How many moles of
oxygen gas are used in the experiment?
Question 16
Suppose that 0.250 mol of Ag2S is decomposed into its elements:
(a) How many moles of silver and sulfur are produced?
(b) How many moles of Ag2S are there in 38.8 g of Ag2S? How many moles of silver and sulfur would
be produced from this amount of Ag2S?
(c) Calculate the masses of silver and sulfur produced in (b).
Question 17
How many molecules of copper(II) nitrate can be formed from 2.2 grams of oxygen?
Question 18
How many grams of aluminum acetate can be formed by the reaction of 30.0 g of acetic acid and 30.0
grams of aluminum hydroxide? How much of which reactant is left?
Question 19
A compound is analyzed and found to contain 1.594 g of potassium, 0.978 g of carbon, 0.122 g of hydrogen,
and 1.305 g of oxygen. Its molar mass is about 97 g/mol. What are the empirical and molecular formulae
for the compound?
Question 20
How many moles of nitrogen are in 22 grams of calcium nitrite?
Question 21
In the combustion of 10.0 grams of glycerin, C3H8O, a student collects 6.5 g of water. What is the student’s
% yield?
Question 22
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sets limits on healthful levels of air pollutants. The
maximum level that the EPA considers safe for lead air pollution is 1.5 μg/m3. If your lungs were filled
with air containing this level of lead, how many lead atoms would be in your lungs? (Assume a total lung
volume of 5.50 L)
Question 23
A given sample of a xenon fluoride compound contains molecules of the type XeFn where n is some whole
number. If a sample containing 9.03 x 1020 molecules of XeFn weighs 0.368 g, determine the value for n in
the formula.
Question 24
Iron from the earth is in the form of iron ore. Common ores include Fe2O3 (haematite), Fe3O4 (magnetite),
and FeCO3 (siderite). Calculate the mass percent composition of iron for each of these iron ores. Which ore
has the highest iron content?
Question 25
The American Dental Association recommends that an adult should consume 3.0 mg of fluoride (F-) per
day to prevent tooth decay. If the fluoride is consumed in the form of sodium fluoride (45.24% F), what
amount of sodium fluoride contains the recommended amount of fluoride?
Question 26
A 45.2-mg sample of phosphorus reacts with selenium to form 131.6 mg of the selenide. Determine the
empirical formula of phosphorus selenide.
Question 27
Combustion analysis of a 12.01-g sample of tartaric acid, which contains only carbon, hydrogen, and
oxygen, produced 14.08 g CO2 and 4.32 g H2O. Determine the empirical formula for tartaric acid.
Question 28
A metal (M) forms an oxide with the formula M2O. If the oxide contains 16.99% O by mass, what is the
identity of the metal?
Question 29
Fructose is a common sugar found in fruit. Elemental analysis of fructose gives the following mass percent
composition: C 40.00%, H 6.72%, O 53.28%. The molar mass of fructose is 180.16 g/mol. Find the
molecular formula of fructose.
Question 30
A hydrate of copper(II) chloride has the following formula: CuCl 2.xH2O. The water in a 3.41-g sample of
the hydrate was driven off by heating. The remaining sample had a mass of 2.69 g. Find the number of
waters of hydration (x) in the hydrate.
Question 31
What are the minimum masses of lithium and oxygen needed to make 12 g of lithium oxide?
Question 32
The density of pure ethanol (C2H5OH) is 0.789 g/mL at room temperature. Calculate the number of atoms
of hydrogen in 1.00 L of ethanol.
Question 33
If 5.0 g of lithium metal reacts fully with nitrogen, what mass of lithium nitride will be formed?
Question 34
A sample of boron is analysed by mass spectrometry and is found to have the following composition:
Isotope Mass Abundance
10
B 10.012937 amu 19.8%
11
B 11.009305 amu 80.2%
Determine the molar mass of the sample.
Question 35
Potassium (K) exists as a mixture of three isotopes.
% Abundance Mass of isotope
93.258% 38.96371 amu
0.0012% 39.96400 amu

The molar mass of K is 39.0983 amu. Determine the % abundance and mass of the third isotope of K.