Question

A carbohydrate with 5 carbons is called a:

A. hexose
B. pentose
C. tetrose
D. triose

Answer 1

B. pentose

pent = five

hex = six

tetra = four

tri = three

so the answer is pentose because it has 5 carbons

Answer 2

Answer: The correct answer is Pentose.

The number of carbon atoms present in the given carbohydrates are as follows-

• Hexose is a carbohydrate with six carbon atoms.
• Pentose has five carbon atoms.
• Tetrose has four carbon atoms.
• Triose has three carbon atoms.

Thus, a carbohydrate with five carbon atoms is called as Pentose.

Example- Ribose sugar