Simple Stoichiometry - Practice Quiz
1. Ammonia (NH3) reacts with oxygen gas to form nitrogen gas and water. How many grams of nitrogen
gas can be made from 3.00 grams of ammonia? (Ar; N=14, H=1)
a. 2.00g
b. 2.47g
c. 2.83g
d. 3.14g
2. Ethane (C2H6) combusts when reacted with oxygen gas to form water and carbon dioxide. How many
grams of oxygen are needed to completely combust 5.00 grams of ethane? (Ar; C=12, H=1)
a. 16.3g
b. 17 8g
c. 18 6g
d. 19.4g
3. How many moles of hydrochloric acid do you need to completely react with 4 moles of aluminum?
2AI + 6HCI → 2 AICI3 + 3H2
a. 4 moles
b. 6 moles
c. 8 moles
d. 12 moles
4. How many moles of sodium chloride can be made from 70.9 grams of chlorine gas?
(Ar; Na=23, Cl=35.5)
2 Na + Cl2 → 2NaCI
a. 0.5 moles
b. 1 mole
c. 2 moles
d. 4 moles
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5. How many moles of magnesium oxide can be made when 24.3 grams of magnesium is reacted
with excess oxygen? (Ar; Mg=24.3, O=16)
2 Mg + O2 → 2 MgO
a. 0.5 moles MgO
b. 1.0 moles MgO
c. 2.0 moles MgO
d. 4.0 moles MgO
6. How many grams of hydrogen gas form when 36 grams of water decomposes? (Ar; H =1, O=16)
2 H2O → O2 + 2 H2
a. 2.0 grams
b. 4.0 grams
c. 8.0 grams
d. 16 grams
7. How many grams of zinc are needed to make 81.3 grams of zinc oxide? (Ar; O=16, Zn=65.3)
2Zn + O2 → 2 ZnO
a. 32.7 g
b. 65.4 g
c. 81.3 g
d. 130.8 g
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Molecular and Empirical Formulas - Practice Quiz
1. What is the empirical and molecular formula for sucralose? The percent composition is 36.25% C.
4.82% H, 26.75% Cl and 32.19% 0. The molar mass is 397.63 g/mole. (Ar; C =12, H=1, Cl=35.5, O=16)
a. C10H19Cl8O7
b. C5H4Cl5O8
c. C12H19Cl3O8
d. C8H19Cl3O10
2. A sample of a hydrocarbon was combusted producing 1.054 g of CO2 and 0.2168 g of H2O. What is the
empirical formula for the hydrocarbon? (Ar; H=1, C=12, O=16)
a. C1H1
b. C1H2
c. C2H2
d. C2H1
3. How many grams of hydrogen are in 24.0 grams of C6H6? (Ar; H=1, C=12)
a. 0.50
b. 0.31
c. 12.1
d. 1.9
4. The percent composition of nitrogen in lidocaine, C14H22N2O is _______________ .
(Ar; H=1, C=12, N=14, O=16)
a. 71.8%
b. 5.97 %
c. 14.0 %
d. 12.0 %
5. Which of the following is the correct empirical formula for eplerenone, C24H30O6?
(Ar; H=1, C=12, O=16)
a. C12H15O3
b. C8H10O2
c. C4H5O
d. C24H30O6
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6. Which of the following is NOT an empirical formula?
a. C6H14O
b. C6Na2O6
c. C14H8O5
d. C4H8N3
7. Triethylenemelamine has an empirical formula of C3H4N2 and a molar mass of 204.23 g/mole. What is
the correct molecular formula? (Ar; H=1, C=12, N=14)
a. C9H12N6
b. C6H8N4
c. CHN
d. C12H18N3
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Percent Yields and Limiting Reagents - Practice Quiz
1. Nitrogen reacts with hydrogen to produce ammonia:
N2 + 3H2 → 2NH3
When 2 moles of nitrogen was reacted with excess hydrogen 1.5 moles of ammonia was collected. What
is the percent yield?
a. 133%
b. 75.0%
c. 50.0%
d. 37.5%
2. Sulfur and oxygen react to form sulfur dioxide.
S + O2 → SO2
If 32.0 grams of sulfur and 16.0 grams of oxygen is reacted, what is the theoretical yield of sulfur
dioxide?
a. 8.00 grams
b. 16 .0 grams
c. 32.0 grams
d. 48.0 grams
3. 5.00 grams of oxygen gas was reacted with 5.00 grams of hydrogen gas to form water. Which of the
following statements is correct?
2H2 + O2 → 2H2O
a. oxygen and hydrogen were combined in stoichiometric amounts
b. oxygen is the limiting reagent
c. hydrogen is the limiting reagent
d. none of these are true statements
4. H2 + F2 → 2HF
If 3.0 grams of hydrogen is reacted with 38.0 grams of fluorine, which reagent is in excess and how much is
left over?
a. H2; 1.0 g
b. H2 ; 2.0 g
c. F2 ; 19.0 g
d. F2 ; 35.0 g
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Keys:
• Simple Stoichiometry: 1b-2c-3d-4c-5b-6b-7b
• Molecular and Empirical Formulas: 1c-2a-3d-4d-5c-6b-7a
• Percent Yields and Limiting Reagents 1d-2c-3b-4a
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