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What is the charge of the chromium ion in the compound crf3?

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The charge of chromium ion is determined by first calculating the total charge of flourine. Flourine has -1 but there is a subscript three, so it means the total charge of fluorine is -3. Since this is a neutral compound, the charges must add to zero, thus, the charge of chromium is +3.
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