CHEM 6A Chapter 2 Extra Practice Problems with Answers Page 1 of 4

BEWARE!! (again)
The same warnings apply to this problem set as to the problem set for chapter 1.
Be warned, also, that if you cant do these problems fairly easily, you have some work to docome visit.get
helpdo whatever you needthe exam is coming soon.

CONVERSIONS (Review of an important concept from chapter 1!)

1. Americium (Am), used in smoke detectors, is extremely toxic. 0.02 g is the allowable body burden in
-10
bone. How many ounces of Am is this? (1 lb = 453.6 g; 1 lb = 16 oz) Answer: (7 x 10 oz)

2. Saffron is a spice used in Mediterranean cooking. It's very expensive ($13.06 for a packet containing
0.060 oz of spice). How much would one pound of saffron cost? Answer: ($3500)

-10
3. How many cg are there in 2.4 pg? Answer: (2.4 x 10 cg)

4. How many feet are there in 75.4 cm? Answer (2.47 ft)

5. How many inches are there in 45.6 cm? Answer: (17.9 inches)

6. Which of the following are equivalent lengths? (pick two) Answer: (a and b)
a. 45,000 millimeters
b. 45 meters
c. 45,000 kilometers
d. 450 centimeters

7. Perform the following conversions.

1. 0.649 nm to mm Answer: (6.49 x 10^-7 mm)

2. 593.6 g to kg Answer: (0.5936 kg)

3. 0.09723 cm to mm Answer: (0.9723 mm)

4. 3.982 qt to ml Answer: (3768 ml)

5. 4.76 lb to kg Answer: (2.16 kg)

6. 73.44 inches to cm Answer: (186.5 cm)

7. 32.37 ml to L Answer: (0.03237 L)

8. How many grams are in 0.397 pounds (lbs)? Answer: (1.80 x 10^2 g)

9. How many grams are in 0.143 ounces? Answer: (4.05 g)

10. If the average person has 4,200 mL of blood, how many L do they have? Answer: (4.2 L)
CHEM 6A Chapter 2 Extra Practice Problems with Answers Page 2 of 4

SQUARED OR CUBED CONVERSIONS (Review of an important concept from chapter 1!)

4 3
1. How many cubic cm are there in 3.5 cubic feet? Answer: (9.9 x 10 cm )
3 2
2. How many square cm are there in 3.5 square feet? Answer: (3.3 x 10 cm )
3
3. The freezer I want to buy is 14.1 cubic feet. How many cubic meters is this? Answer: (0.399 m )

4. Convert 1.573 m^3 to cm^3 Answer: (1.573 x 10^6 cm^3)

5. A sample of ethyl acetate has a mass of 316.7 g, and a volume of 0.3531 L. What is the density of the
ethyl acetate in g/cm^3? Answer: (0.8969 g/cm^3)

NOMENCLATURE

1. Veterinarians administer an 0.2 percent potassium permanganate solution to cows and horses as an
antidote for plant alkaloid poisoning. A bottle that contains potassium permanganate solution might be
labeled: Answer: (KMnO )
4

2. Deadly lead(II) acetate is sometimes called "sugar of lead" because it has a very sweet taste; it was once
used to sweeten wine! Lead(II) acetate is written as: Answer: (Pb(C H O ) )
2 3 2 2

3. Name the following compounds:

a) Co(OH)2 Answer: (cobalt(II) hydroxide)

b) Ca(NO3)2 Answer: (calcium nitrate)

c) Na2SO3 Answer: (sodium sulfite)

d) N2O4 Answer: (dinitrogen tetroxide)

e) HF Answer: (hydrofluoric acid)

f) CuCl Answer: (copper(I) chloride)

g) ZnSO5 Answer: (zinc persulfate)

h) NH4NO2 Answer: (ammonium nitrite)

i) PCl5 Answer: (Phosphorus pentachloride)

4. Give the formulas of the following compounds:

a) potassium carbonate Answer: (K2CO3)

b) magnesium hyposulfite Answer: (MgSO2)

c) carbon disulfide Answer: (CS2)

CHEM 6A Chapter 2 Extra Practice Problems with Answers Page 3 of 4

d) chromium(II) perchlorate Answer: (Cr(ClO4)2)

e) hypochlorous acid Answer: (HClO)

f) tin(II) nitride Answer: (Sn3N2)

g) lead(IV) phosphate Answer: (Pb3(PO4)4)

5. Give the formulas for the ionic compounds made of the following ions:

a. Sc3+ and Br Answer: (ScBr3)

b. K+ and O2 Answer: (K2O)

c. Ca2+ and I Answer: (CaI2)

d. Cr3+ and S2 Answer: (Cr2S3)

e. Rb+ and F Answer: (RbF)

f. magnesium (Mg) and oxygen (O) ions Answer: (MgO)

g. potassium (K) and nitrogen (N) ions Answer: (K3N)

h. strontium (Sr) and fluorine (F) ions Answer: (SrF2)

i. aluminum (Al) and sulfur (S) ions Answer: (Al2S3 )

6. Fill in the following table on chemical nomenclature:

Compound Ionic or Name

(symbol) Molecular?
1 PCl5 Molecular Answer: (Phosphorus pentachloride)
2 Mg(OH)2 Ionic Answer: (Magnesium hydroxide)
3 Cr2(SO4)3 Ionic Answer: (Chromium(III) sulfate)
4 SO3 Molecular Answer: (Sulfur trioxide)
5 CO Molecular Answer: (Carbon monoxide)
6 Ca(ClO3)2 Ionic Answer: (Calcium chlorate)
7 MgO Ionic Answer: (Magnesium oxide)
8 P2 O5 Molecular Answer: (Diphosphorus pentoxide)
9 Fe2O3 Ionic Answer: (Iron(III) oxide)
10 Li3N Ionic Answer: (Lithium nitride)
11 CS2 Molecular Answer: (Carbon disulfide)
12 NO Molecular Answer: (Nitrogen monoxide)
13 Al2O3 Ionic Answer: (Aluminum oxide)
14 K2CO3 Ionic Answer: (Potassium carbonate)
15 S4 N2 Molecular Answer: (Tetrasulfur dinitride)
CHEM 6A Chapter 2 Extra Practice Problems with Answers Page 4 of 4
16 FeO Ionic Iron (II) oxide
17 CO2 Molecular Carbon dioxide
18 N2O5 Molecular Dinitrogen Pentoxide
19 CaCO3 Ionic Calcium carbonate
20 MgS Ionic Magnesium sulfide
21 Ca3(PO4)2 Ionic Calcium Phosphate
22 N2O4 Molecular Dintrogen tetroxide
23 CCl4 Molecular Carbon tetrachloride
24 CoSO4 Ionic Cobalt (II) sulfate
25 N2O3 Molecular Dinitrogen trioxide
26 (NH4)2SO4 Ionic Ammonium sulfate
27 SnO2 Ionic Tin (IV) Oxide
28 ICl3 Molecular Iodine trichloride
29 KBr Ionic Potassium bromide
30 NH3 Molecular Ammonia (nitrogen trihydride)

http://www.prepchem.org/formulasandnamesofcpds.html gives good practice for the types of naming you will
be asked to do and for determining the formulas of ionic compounds. Pay particular attention to how to
determine which Roman Numeral to use when given the formula of a compound containing a transition metal.

ELEMENTAL SYMBOLS AND SUBATOMIC PARTICLES

70 2+
1. Write the nuclear symbol for an atom with 32 protons, 38 neutrons and 30 electrons. Answer: ( Ge )
32
2. Write the nuclear symbols for three isotopes of oxygen in which there are 8, 9, and 10 neutrons,
16 17 18
respectively. Answer: ( O, O, O)
8 8 8
90
3. One of the harmful species from nuclear fallout is the radioactive isotope of strontium, Sr (assume the
38
super and subscripts line up). How many protons and neutrons are there in the nucleus of strontium-90?
Answer: (38 protons, 52 neutrons )

Thanks to about.com for many of these problems