To discover the number of dots that nitrogen has we need to make the electronic distribution of nitrogen
Nitrogen has an atomic number (Z) of 7, that is, it has 7 protons and 7 electrons when it is in its ground state. Its electronic distribution is: 1s² 2s² 2p³. This means that nitrogen has 5 electrons in the valence shell (2 + 3).
The number of electrons is the number of dots.
Answer: 5