Balancing
mol to mol
g to moles to moles
g to moles to moles to g
limiting reagent
100

Na metal burns in air, O2, to make sodium oxide. The correct balanced equation is:

What is:

4 Na (s)  +  O2 (g)  -->  2 Na2O (s)

100

Fermentation is a chemical reaction of glucose, C6H12O6 (s) converting to ethanol, C2H5OH and carbon dioxide gas:

C6H12O6 (s)  --> 2 C2H5OH (l)  +   2CO(g).

The moles of carbon dioxide produced when 17.25 mol of glucose are reacted are: 

What is 34.5 mol?

100

Mg + HCl --> MgCl2 + H2                     Not balanced

The grams of hydrogen produced if we start with 2 moles of hydrochloric acid and excess magnesium:

Mg (s) + 2HCl --> MgCl2 + H2  (g)     

What is 2 g H2 (g) ?

100

Mg + HCl --> MgCl2 + H2      not balanced

The mass of hydrogen produced from the reaction of 75.0 g HCl (MM=36.5 g/mol) and excess Mg is:

Mg (s) + 2 HCl (aq)--> MgCl2 (aq) + H2 (g)

What is 2.00 g H2?

100

1 ball +  1 bat = 1 player

3 Bats 4 Balls 6 Players 

The Limiting Reactant: 

What is 3 Bats?

200

Acetylene gas, C2H4, burns in air, O2, to make carbon dioxide and water.  The correct, balanced equation is:

What is:

C2H4  + 3 O2 (g)  -->  2 CO2(g)  + 2 H2O (g)

200

Zn metal will dissolve in HCl, hydrochloric acid in a single displacement reaction:

Zn(s)  + HCl (aq)  -->  ZnCl2 (aq)  + H2 (g)    Not balanced.

The number of moles of hydrogen gas produced when 16 mol of Zn react are: 

Zn(s)  + 2HCl (aq)  -->  ZnCl2 (aq)  + 2H2 (g)

What is 32 mol H2?

200

Mg + HCl --> MgCl2 + H2    not balanced


The mass of hydrochloric acid (MM=36.5 g/mol) needed to react with 2.50 moles of magnesium is

Mg + 2 HCl --> MgCl2 + H2 


What is 182 g HCl?

200

KClO3 --> KCl + O2   not balanced

The grams of KCl produced if 5.00 g of KClO3 is decomposed:

MM KClO3 =122.55 g/mol

MM KCl = 74.55 g/mol  


2 KClO3 (s) --> 2 KCl (s) + 3 O2 (g)

What is 3.04 g KCl?

200

Car body + 4 Tires --> 1 car

The limiting reactant if you have 8 cars and 48 tires:  

What is 8 Cars?

300

Silver sulfide(s) will decompose into silver metal and a form of sulfur, S8 (s).  The balanced equation for this reaction is:

What is:

8 Ag2S (s)  -->  16 Ag (s)  +  S8 (s)

300

CO2 (g) + LiOH (aq) --> Li2CO3 (aq) + H2O (l)  Not balanced

How many moles of lithium hydroxide are required to react with 20 mol of CO2?

CO2 (g) + 2 LiOH (aq) --> Li2CO3 (aq) + H2O (l)  

What is 40 mol LiOH?

300

The g of aluminum needed to combine with 1.58 mol of oxygen molecules to make aluminum oxide:

4 Al (s)  +  3 O2 (g) --> 2 Al2O3 (s) 

What is 56.84g Al?

300

Sodium and chlorine react to produce sodium chloride (table salt; MM=58.5 g/mol). ( MM Na (s) = 22.99 g/mol)

The amount of product that can be produced from 24.7 g of sodium and excess chlorine is:

2 Na (s)  +  Cl2 (g) -->  2 NaCl (s)

What is 62.9 g NaCl?

300

You want to make a BLT sandwich. Assuming you have an infinite supply of bread, you need two strips of bacon per sandwich, a slice of tomato and a leaf of lettuce. You can get ~ 6-8 slices in one tomato, 24 slices in a pack of bacon, and 20-30 leafs on a head of lettuce. You have a pack of bacon (2 strips per sandwich), a head of lettuce (1 head of lettuce = 20 sandwiches) and one tomato (=  6-8 slices)

The limiting Reactant:

What is the tomato?

400

Aqueous Potassium Bromide reacts with Iron (III) Hydroxide (s) in a double replacement reaction.  The correct balanced equation is:

What is:

3 KBr (aq)  +  Fe(OH)3 (s)   -->  3 KOH (aq)  +  FeBr3 (aq) 

400

Mg (s) +O2 (g) --> MgO (s)  not balanced

The moles of magnesium oxide produced from 1.2 moles of magnesium

2Mg (s) +O2 (g) --> 2MgO (s)

What is 1.2 mol MgO?

400

Ammonia decomposes to produce nitrogen and hydrogen gases. The g of H2 formed by the decomposition of 0.145 moles of ammonia:

2 NH3 (g) -->  N2 (g)  + 3 H2 (g) 

What is 0.4394 g H2

400

Sodium hydroxide reacts with sulfuric acid (H2SO4; MM=98.1 g/mol) to form water and sodium sulfate.

The #grams of sodium sulfate (MM=124.0 g/mol) formed from 200.0 g NaOH (MM=40.00 g/mol) and an excess of sulfuric acid:

2 NaOH(aq)+H2SO4(aq) --> Na2SO4(aq) +2 H2O (l) 

What is 310.0 g Na2SO4?

400

Aluminum oxide reacts with iron to form Fe3O4 and Aluminum.  When 5 moles of aluminum oxide reacts with 7 moles of iron, the limiting reactant:

4 Al2O3(s)  + 9 Fe(s) --> 3 Fe3O4(s)  +8 Al(s)  

5 mol Al2O3  x  8 Al/ (4 Al2O3) = 10 mol Al   vs

7 mol Fe x 8 Al mol/(9 Fe)  = 6.22 mol Al   Least amount of Al made so Fe is limiting

Could have determined amount of Fe3Oformed also.  You will get the same answer of Fe = Limiting Reagent

What is iron?

500

The correct balanced equation for the double replacement reaction of aqueous ammonium phosphate reacting with aqueous lead (II) nitrate is:

What is:

2(NH4)3PO4 (aq)  +  3 Pb(NO3)2 (aq)  -->  Pb3(PO4)2(s)  +  6NH4NO(aq)

500

Ammonia, NH3, is widely used as a fertilizer and in many household cleaners. The moles of ammonia produced when 6 mol of hydrogen gas react with an excess of nitrogen gas:

3 H2 (g)  +  N2 (g) --> 2 NH3 (g)

What is 4 mol NH3?

500

Hydrogen and oxygen gases react under a specific set of conditions to produce water. The moles of oxygen required to produce 45.04 g of water:

2 H2 (g)  +  O2 (g)  --> 2 H2O (l) 

What is 1.25 mol O2?

500

When copper (II) chloride reacts with sodium nitrate, copper (II) nitrate and sodium chloride are formed.

If 15.0 g CuCl2 (MM=134.5 g/mol) react with excess NaNO3, the g of sodium chloride (MM = 58.50 g/mol) formed:

CuCl2(aq) +2NaNO3(aq) -> Cu(NO3)2(aq) +2 NaCl(aq

What is 13.05 g NaCl?

500

Chlorine gas reacts with potassium bromide to produce potassium chloride and bromine gas. The grams of potassium chloride can be produced from 300. g each of chlorine and potassium bromide:

MM Cl2 = 70.91 g/mol 

MM KBr = 119.00 g/mol 

Cl2(g)  + 2 KBr (s)  --> 2KCl (s) + Br2 (g) 

300.g KBr x 1mol KBr/(119.00 g KBr)= 2.52mol KBr

300.g Cl2 x 1 mol Cl2 /(70.91 g Cl2) = 4.23 mol Cl2

Determine the mol of KCl that can be made from the mol of Cl2 and from the mol of KBr.

What is 188 g KCl?