Percent composition

What is the percent by mass of oxygen in MgO?

• 20%
• 40%
• 50%
• 60%

What is the percent by mass of fluorine in CaF₂ (gram-formula mass = 78 g/mol)?

• 24%
• 49%
• 51%
• 65%

What is the percent composition by mass of sulfur in the compound MgSO₄ (gram formula mass = 120 g/mol)?

• 20%
• 27%
• 46%
• 53%

In which compound is the percent composition by mass of Cl equal to 42%?

• HClO (gram formula mass = 52 g/mol)
• HClO₂ (gram formula mass = 68 g/mol)
• HClO₃ (gram formula mass = 84 g/mol)
• HClO₄ (gram formula mass = 100 g/mol)

Which of the following is considered an empirical formula?

• CH₃COOH
• C₆H₁₂O₆
• H₂O

What is the percent composition of Benzene, C₆H₆?

• C = 50%
  H = 50%
• C = 85.7 %
  H = 14.3%
• C = 92.2%
  H = 7.8%
• C = 71.9%
  H = 28.1%

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-1

A formula with the lowest whole # ratio of elements in a compound is called

• Molecular Formula
• Chemical Formula
• Empirical Formula 
• Distance Formula

You are given the following percentages: 40.05% S and 59.95% O. Find the empirical formula for these elements.

• SO
• SO2
• SO3
• SO4

What is the empirical formula for the following:
Pb₅Cr₅O₂₀

• Pb₂Cr₂O₁₀
• PbCr₂O₇
• Pb₉Cr₄O₂
• PbCrO₄

Find the empirical formula of a compound that is 72.4% Iron & 27.6% Oxygen.

• Fe₃O₄
• FeO
• Fe₂O₃
• FeO₂