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Stoichiometry Practice Problems Date:  _____________  Period:  __________  

Reminder…Quiz next class on the following types of problems. Make sure you
understand: 1. Molar mass 2. Mole Ratio 3. Avogadro’s number.

Moles to Moles

1. Given the unbalanced equation: ___C2H6 + ___O2 à ___CO2 + ___H2O

a) If 4.50 moles of C2H6 are used, how many moles of oxygen are required?

b) If 0.3 moles of H2O were produced, how many moles of carbon dioxide would also
have been produced?

c) If you wanted to produce 5 moles of carbon dioxide, how many moles of oxygen
would you needed to have started with?

Grams to Moles
2. Given the unbalanced equation below:

___H2SO4 + ___NaOH à ___Na2SO4 + ___H2O

a) How many grams of H2SO4 are needed to react with 0.75 moles of NaOH?

b) How many grams of Na2SO4 would be formed if 0.75 moles of NaOH reacted?
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Grams to Grams
3. The balanced chemical equation for photosynthesis is:

6 CO2 + 6 H2O à C6H12O6 + 6 O2

a) If a plant needs to make 12.6 g of glucose (C6H12O6), how many grams of water are
required?

b) If a plant needs to consume 36 g of water, how many grams of CO2 were also
consumed?

4. In the decomposition of 1.00 g of aluminum sulfide, how many grams of each element
should be produced? You need to write your own balanced equation here.
aluminum sulfide à aluminum + sulfur

___Al2S3 à ___ Al + ___ S

5. In the double replacement reaction of potassium chromate and magnesium nitrate

potassium chromate + magnesium nitrate à potassium nitrate + magnesium chromate

___K2CrO4 + ___Mg(NO3)2 à ___KNO3 + ___MgCrO4

a) How many grams of potassium chromate are required to make 65.00 g of

magnesium chromate?

b) How many grams of potassium nitrate should be produced with 65.00g of

magnesium chromate?
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6. In the single replacement reaction between zinc chloride and sodium, how many grams of
zinc would be produced if 5.00 g of sodium were placed in a solution of zinc chloride?
sodium + zinc chloride à sodium chloride + zinc

___Na + ___ZnCl2 à ___NaCl + ___Zn

7. ___LiOH + ___HBr à ___LiBr + ___H2O

a) If you start with ten grams of lithium hydroxide, how many grams of lithium bromide
will be produced?

8. ___C2H4 + ___O2 à ___CO2 + ___H2O

If you start with 45 grams of ethylene (C2H4), how many grams of carbon dioxide will be
produced?

9. ___Mg + ___NaF à ___MgF2 + ___Na

If you start with 5.5 grams of lithium chloride, how many grams of calcium chloride will be
produced?

10. ___HCl + ___Na2SO4 à ___NaCl + ___H2SO4

If you start with 20 grams of hydrochloric acid, how many grams of sulfuric acid will be
produced?
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11. The first step in the industrial manufacture of nitric acid involves the catalytic
oxidation of ammonia according to the following UNBALANCED equation.

___NH3 (g) + ___O2 (g) à ___NO (g) + ___H2O (g)

a) How many moles of NO are formed if 824 g of NH3 react?

b) How many grams of water are formed if 2.5 moles of ammonia are oxidized?

c) How many moles of oxygen are needed to react with 4.6 moles of ammonia?

12. Mercury (II) oxide decomposes into mercury and oxygen gas according to the following
UNBALANCED equation.

___HgO à ___Hg + ___O2

a) How many moles of mercury (II) oxide are needed to produce 125 g of oxygen?

b) How many moles of mercury are produced if 24.5 moles of mercury (II) oxide
decompose?

c) How many grams of oxygen will be produced if 2.3 moles of mercury are produced?
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When nitrogen and hydrogen react, they form ammonia gas, which has the formula NH3. If
56.0 g of nitrogen are used up in the reaction, how many grams of ammonia will be
produced? Write and Balance the equation.