Name: ________________________ Date: ______9/27/18_______

Subject: ________Science___________ Period: 2 3 4

Counting Atoms (2.4)

Objective
 IWBAT use chemical formulas to count the number of atoms of each element in a substance.

Notes
Chemical Reaction Code

Subscript
 A subscript is a ___________ number ____________ a chemical symbol.
 A subscript tells the number of _________ of EACH ______________ in a compound
 A subscript only corresponds to the ________________ that it immediately follows
 If there is not a subscript written, a subscript of ________ can be assumed
 Example:
2AlCl3 Subscript

 Example: 2 H2O

Coefficients
 A coefficient is the _______ number _______________ an element or compound
o How many elements or compounds are present
o Number of ____________________ molecules
 Example: 2 H2O

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Coefficients (continued)
 Coefficients are like combining like terms:
o In math, x + x + x = 3x.
o In science:
 Example 1: H2 + H2 + H2 = ________________
 Example 2: H2 + 2H2 + 3H2 = ________________
 A coefficient is a whole number that comes in _________________________ of the element
compound, never in the middle!
 You _________________________ the coefficient and ______________ together to determine the
number of atoms of that specific element.

Example 1: 2AlCl3
How many? Molecules = _________ Al = ___________ Cl = ___________

Example 2: 3AlCl3
How many? Molecules = _________ Al = ___________ Cl = ___________

Practice:
1. KCl Molecules = _______ K = _______ Cl = _______
2. Be3S2 Molecules = _______ Be = _______ S = _______
3. 3H2O Molecules = _______ H = _______ O = _______

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Name: ________________________ Date: ______9/27/18_______
Subject: ________Science___________ Period: 2 3 4
Practice: Counting Atoms (2.4)
Directions:
1) Circle each subscript in each chemical formula
2) Draw a square around each coefficient
3) Write the number of molecules
4) Underline each capital letter in the formula
5) List the elements in the molecule
6) Calculate the number of atoms of each element.

Example: 2Na2SO4 Visual:

Number of Molecules =
Elements:

Problem 1: 3CCl4 Visual:

Number of Molecules =
Elements:

Problem 2: 4C2H4 Visual:

Number of Molecules =
Elements:

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Problem 3: 6NaHCO3 Visual:

Number of Molecules =
Elements:

Problem 4: C6H12O6 Visual:

Number of Molecules =
Elements:

Problem 5: 3Ca(OH)2 Visual:

Number of Molecules =
Elements:

Problem 6: 2Al2(SO4)3 Visual:

Number of Molecules =
Elements:

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Additional Practice:

1) CaF2

2) Be(OH)2

3) NO2

4) Al2(SO4)3

5) NH4NO3

6) S2F2

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