Question

40 g of CaCO3 is how many moles of CaCO3?

10 moles
0.4 moles
40 moles
100 moles

Answer 1

0.4 moles

Step-by-step explanation:

To convert between moles and grams you need the molar mass of the compound. The molar mass of of CaCO3 is 100.09g/mol. You use that as the unit converter.

40gCaCO3* 1mol CaCO3/100.09gCaCO3 = 0.399640 mol CaCO3

This rounds to 0.4 moles CaCO3