Practice Problems – Stoichiometry

1. Determine the mass of lithium hydroxide produced when 6.83 g of lithium nitride reacts with water. The
other product is nitrogen trihydride.

2. What mass of iodine is produced when chlorine reacts with 1.29 moles of sodium iodide in a single-
replacement reaction?

3. Determine the number of moles of carbon dioxide produced in the combustion of 2.92 L of butane (C 4H10)
at STP.

4. Determine the number of atoms of antimony produced when 16.34 g of antimony(III) oxide reacts with
carbon to produce antimony and carbon monoxide.

5. How many molecules of liquid hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) must decompose to produce 0.771 L of oxygen
gas at STP? Water is also formed in this reaction.

6. Ammonium nitrate produces dinitrogen monoxide gas and water when it decomposes. Determine the
mass of water produced from the decomposition of 25.0 g of solid ammonium nitrate.

7. Find the mass of liquid benzene (C6H6) required to produce 2.66 L of carbon dioxide gas at STP.
2C6H6 + 15O2 → 6H2O + 12CO2

1) 14.1 g LiOH; 2) 164 g I2; 3) 0.521 mol CO2; 4) 6.751  1022 atoms Sb; 5) 4.14  1022 molecules H2O2; 6) 11.3 g water; 7) 1.55 g C6H6; 8)
0.507 mol Na; 9) 101 g O2; 10) 90.3 L H2, 11) 2320 g NaNO3, 12) 2.22  1024 molecules CO, 13) 19.1 g Ca(OH)2, 14) 2.940 mol Na
8. Find the moles of sodium required to produce 5.68 L of hydrogen gas at STP from the single replacement
reaction between sodium metal and water.

9. How many grams of oxygen are necessary for the synthesis of 277 g of carbon dioxide? The balanced
equation is
2CO + O2 → 2CO2.

10. How many liters of hydrogen are produced if 225 g of iron reacts with hydrochloric acid in a single
replacement reaction? Assume that the reaction occurs at STP and that iron (II) is in the product.

11. Determine the mass of sodium nitrate produced when 8.23  1024 formula units of nickel(II) nitrate reacts
with sodium hydroxide in a double replacement reaction.

12. How many molecules of carbon monoxide must react with oxygen to produce 3.69 moles of carbon
dioxide?

13. Determine the mass of calcium hydroxide produced when calcium carbide (CaC 2) reacts with 9.28 g of
water to produce calcium hydroxide and acetylene (C2H2).

14. Find the number of moles of sodium required to react with water to produce 32.94 L of hydrogen gas in a
single-replacement reaction at STP.

1) 14.1 g LiOH; 2) 164 g I2; 3) 0.521 mol CO2; 4) 6.751  1022 atoms Sb; 5) 4.14  1022 molecules H2O2; 6) 11.3 g water; 7) 1.55 g C6H6; 8)
0.507 mol Na; 9) 101 g O2; 10) 90.3 L H2, 11) 2320 g NaNO3, 12) 2.22  1024 molecules CO, 13) 19.1 g Ca(OH)2, 14) 2.940 mol Na