Practice Problems: Moles (Answer Key)


  1. How many moles are in the following:

    a. 1.29 x 1024 hydrogen atoms in HF      2.14 moles H atoms

    b. 7.36 x 1024 free oxygen atoms       12.2 moles O atoms

    c. 3.28 x 1023 Na atoms in salt (NaCl)      0.545 moles Na atoms


  2. How many atoms are present in the following?

    a. Hydrogen atoms in 3.14 mol of H2O      3.78 x 1024 H atoms

    b. Nitrogen atoms in 2.79 mol of NH3       1.68 x 1024 N atoms

    c. Oxygen atoms in 4.90 mol in Al2O3      8.85 x 1024 O atoms


  3. How many atoms are in a 3.56 g sample of Cu? Is this a mol of Cu?  3.37 x 1022 Cu atoms


  4. What mass of Ni has as many atoms as there are N atoms in 63.0 g of NO2? As Na atoms in 63.0 g of NaCl?  80.4 g Ni, 63.2 g Ni


  5. How many g of CaCO3 are present in a sample if there are 4.52 x 1024 atoms of carbon in that sample?  751 g CaCO3


  6. How many molecules of HCl are in 4.91 L of HCl acid at 25°C if the density equals 1.096 g/mL?  8.88 x 1025 molecules


  7. If a 1.000 gallon (3.785 L) bottle were filled with bleach (NaClO), how many Cl atoms would be in the bottle? rbleach = 1.090 g/mL
    3.33 x 1025 Cl atoms

  8. At 25º C, the density of water is 0.997 g/ml. At -10º C, the density of ice is 0.917 g/cm3. If a bottle with a volume of 275 mL were filled fully with water at 25º C and then frozen to -10º C, could the ice still be contained in the bottle? What would the volume of the ice be?
    No. 299 mL