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GENERAL CHEMISTRY 1
Module 12, Quarter 1, Week 4
General Chemistry 1
Grade 11/12 Module 12 Quarter 1, Week 4
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 General Chemistry 1
Module 12: Quarter 1 – Week 4
 Target

Seldom do chemical reactions occur when precisely the right quantity of

reactants react together to form products. One reactant is used up until another
one runs out. In a chemical reaction the limiting reagent is the reactant that
determines how many of the products are produced. The other reactants are also
referred to as being in excess, as there will be some left after the limiting reagent is
completely used up.
In your previous lesson, you have learned how to calculate percent yield and
theoretical yield of the chemical reaction. The percent yield is the ratio of the actual
yield to the theoretical yield, expressed as a percentage and theoretical yield is the
maximum quantity of product which could be produced from the quantity of
reactant given.

After going through this module, you are expected to:

1. Explain the concept of limiting reagent in a chemical reaction; identify the

excess reagent(s) (STEM_GC11MRIg-h-40)

Before going on, check how much you know about this topic. Answer the
pretest on the next page in a separate sheet of paper.

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 Limiting Reactant Excess Reactant Product Produced

Figure 1. Illustration of limiting and excess reactant in a chemical reaction.

Figure 1 shows the reaction between hydrogen and oxygen produced

molecules of water and oxygen. The hydrogen molecules were consumed first, thus
it is the limiting reactant. It also shows that some oxygen molecules are not used
up, thus it is the excess reactant.

In the previous module, you have learned about theoretical yield. In this
module, you will learn how to calculate for the limiting reactant using the value of
the computed theoretical yield, which can help in identifying the excess reactant.

For you to understand the lesson well, do the following activities. Have fun
and good luck!

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 Jumpstart

Activity 1
Before we start our lesson, let’s play first! Let’s call this game “Look at the Word!”

DIRECTIONS: Search up, down, forward, backward, and diagonally to find the
hidden words. Encircle the words that you can find. The hidden words are the
following:

THEORETICAL YIELD MOLECULAR MASS

ACTUAL YIELD LIMITING
STOICHIOMETRY EXCESS
CHEMICAL EQUATION REACTANT
CONCENTRATION PRODUCT

W R T A S B K N N T H L Y K N I N G S
C H E M I C A L E Q U A T I O N W A A
O I D O S A S G F U A E H S S H S S G
N N O L H S U T R E S X E D E R E L R
C L E E E T L A O O T P O F G M R I E
E T R C B L F I M I O E R G R K U Q A
N K X U O M U F P T C R E O I I I U C
T E B L R I E J R A [ H T L D N L I T
R D N A O K R K O R L F I K M U P D A
A Z M R N N F L R S K R C O O E C W N
T X L M A S L E D Y E E A E M S A T T
I Y I A T C A A C T U A L Y I E L D P
O M N S U C S L E A S N Y O K G T U P
N R K S T R D W I B W Y I W G V N R L
S O A A J E N Q S M H U E S D C T S Y
T A N C K A M I B N I D L A S U E O F
I T S H M C V O N I R T D M A T E L R
L E T E O T P P K G E K I R C A S I E
M O O M L S S D A H D S A N H D K D E
N A R H S B I N K W R W I H G J H K L

Have you been able to find all the words? If it is, that's
great! Words in the activity were meant to remind you of some
of the terms you've learned from previous lessons, and the
others are terms that you will encounter in the new lesson.

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Activity 2: Which is which? A Warm-up Activity
Directions: Read the description about limiting and excess reagent/reactant in a
chemical reaction. Understand what you are reading.

Chemical reaction is a process in which one or more substances, the reactants,

are converted into one or more different substances, the products. Substances are
either chemical components or compounds. A chemical reaction rearranges the
constituent atoms of the reactants in order to produce different substances as
products.

Limiting Reactant- Reactant in a chemical reaction that limits the amount of the
product that can be produced. The reaction stops when all the limiting reactants
are consumed.

Excess Reactant-The reactant in a chemical reaction that remains when the

reaction stops when the limiting reactant is completely consumed. The excess
reactant remains because there is nothing with which it can react.

Directions: Analyze the picture, then answer the questions that follow. Choose the
letter of the correct answer and write it on a sheet of paper.

Hotdog Bun Hotdog in bun Leftover Hotdog

+ → +

Q1. Which are considered to be reactants in the given illustration?

A. hotdog and bun C. hotdog and hotdog in bun
B. bun and hotdog in bun D. hotdog in bun and leftover hotdog

Q2. Which are considered to be products in the given illustration?

A. hotdog and bun C. hotdog and hotdog in bun
B. bun and hotdog in bun D. hotdog in bun and leftover hotdog

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Q3. From the above illustration what is the limiting reactant?
A. bun C. hot dog in bun
B. hotdog D. left over hotdog

Q4. From the above illustration what is the limiting reactant?

A. bun C. hot dog in bun
B. hotdog D. left over hotdog

Q5. What conclusion can you make about the above illustration?
A. More buns are needed to make more products.
B. More buns are needed to make more reactants.
C. More hotdogs are needed to make more products.
D. More hotdogs are needed to make more reactants.

Discover

In order for a new substance to be formed a chemical reaction should take

place.
The concentration of the reactants that is commonly expressed through
molarity is one of the factors that affects a chemical reaction and the product that
will be produced. In a chemical reaction one or more of the reactants are not fully
used, and will remain unused when the reaction is already completed, thus, the
quantity of the product that can be obtained is limited to only one of the reactants.
Look at this analogy to understand the concept of limiting and excess reactant:
One of the traits of a Filipino is being compassionate, we show our sympathy to
people, especially to those who are in need which is really needed at this time of
pandemic. Your mother wants to extend help to a community who is in quarantine
because of high number of positive cases of COVID. She will give a free pack lunch
which consist of 1 cup of rice, 1 eggplant omelet and 3 slice of pork adobo. She
instructed you to prepare the pack lunch. When you went to the kitchen you have
found out that there are:

132 cups of rice

118 pieces of eggplant omelet
315 slices of pork adobo

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To illustrate this just like a chemical equation, the balanced equation is as follow:

1 cup of rice +1 eggplant omelet + 3 slice of pork adobo → 1 pack lunch

Reactants Product

The balanced equation shows the ratio of the reactants and products.

What is the highest number of pack lunch you can make with the available
resources that you have? If your answer is 105, you are right. But what makes you
say so? Remember that in every pack it must consist of 3 slices of pork adobo
that’s why you have to divide 315 slices into 3 which will give you the answer 105
which is lower than the number of the available rice and eggplant.
Therefore, we could say the pork adobo stops you to make more pack lunch.
It doesn't matter if you've got a greater number of rice and eggplant omelet, you
can't make pack lunch any more when you're out of pork adobo already. And, if
this is a chemical reaction, we 'd say the pork adobo is the limiting reactant while
the rice and eggplant omelet are the excess reactant.

Limiting reagent is the reactant that is completely used up or reacted. It is called

limiting reagent because its quantity limits the amount of products formed. When
all the limiting reactants are used, the reaction stops and no more product can be
formed. Take note that, limiting reagent is the first reactant to run out of the
reaction. It is not the reactant you have the least of.

Excess Reagents are the reactants that are not used up when the reaction is
finished. It is what remains after the reaction stops because the limiting reagent
has all been used up.

For us to be able to determine the Limiting and Excess reagent, the amount of the
product formed and the amount of the excess reactant, the following steps should
be followed:

1. Determine the balanced chemical equation for the chemical reaction.

2. Convert all given information into moles (most likely, through the use of
molar mass as a conversion factor).

3. Calculate the mole ratio from the given information. Calculate the product
produced by the reactants. (Compute for the theoretical yield of each
reactant).

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 4. Identify the limiting and excess reactant, the reactant that produces a lesser
amount of product is the limiting reagent while the reactant that produces a
larger amount of product is the excess reagent.

5. Identify the amount product produced in the chemical reaction. Use the
calculated amount of product produced by the limiting reactant.

6. To find the amount of remaining excess reactant, calculate how much of the
excess reactant will be consumed once the limiting reactant is consumed.
Then, subtract the mass of excess reagent consumed from the total mass of
excess reagent given.

Sample Problem 1:

A 3.00 g sample of ammonia is mixed with 4.5 g of oxygen. Which is the

limiting and excess reactant? How much excess reactant remains after the reaction
has stopped? How much product (NO) is produced?

SOLUTION

Step 1: Determine the balanced chemical equation for the chemical

reaction.

4 NH3(g) + 5 O2(g) →4 NO(g) + 6

H2O(g)
- we have four N atoms, twelve H atoms and 10 O atoms on both sides of
the arrow, so we are good to go!

Step 2: Convert all given information into moles:

(look for the molar mass of the element in the periodic table)

for NH3 : Molar mass of NH3 (N=14.00 + H= 1.01 x 3 = 3.03) = 17.03

3.00 g x 1 mole of NH3 = 0.18 moles of NH3

Al NH
17.03 g 3NH3

for O2:
Molar mass of O2 = 2 x 16.00 = 32.00 g/mol
4.5 g
There are 0.18 moles of NH
1 mole of O2
x3 and 0.14 moles of O=
2. Now,
0.14 using
molesthis information
of O 2
we can now, identify which of 32.00 g Othe
them is 2 limiting. We just need to answer the
following questions using step 3:
a. How much product (NO) is produced if the given amount of NH3 is consumed?
b. How much product (NO) is produced if the given amount of O2 is consumed?

Step 3: Calculate the mole ratio from the given information. Calculate the
product produced by the reactants. (Compute for the theoretical yield of each
reactant).

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 Question a: How much product (NO) is produced if the given amount of NH3
is consumed?
4 mol NO 30.01g NO
0.18 mol NH3 × × = 5.40g NO
4 mol NH3 1 mol NO
*This means that 0.18 mol NH3 will produce 5.40 g of the product NO.

Question b: How much product (NO) is produced if the given amount of O 2 is

consumed?
4 mol NO 30.01g NO
0.14 mol O2× × = 3.36g NO
5 mol O2 1 mol NO
*This means that 0.14 mol O2 will produce 3.36g of the product NO.

Step 4: Identify the limiting and excess reactant, the reactant that produces a
lesser amount of product is the limiting reagent while the reactant that
produces a larger amount of product is the excess reagent.
* Since O2 produces the lesser amount of product which is 3.36g NO it is
considered to be the limiting reactant while NH 3 is the excess reactant for it
produces larger amount of the product which is 5.40g NO.

Step 5: Identify the amount product produced in the chemical reaction. Use
the calculated amount of product produced by the limiting reactant.
*Since the limiting reactant O2 produced 3.36g NO, therefore this is
also the amount of product produced in the chemical reaction because the
limiting reactant determines the amount of product produced.

Step 6: To find the amount of remaining excess reactant, calculate how much
of the excess reactant will be consumed once the limiting reactant is
consumed. Then, subtract the mass of excess reagent consumed from the
total mass of excess reagent given.
4 mol NH3 17.03g NH3
0.14mol O2 × × = 1.90g NH3
5 mol O2 1 mol NH3
*This means that 0.14 mol Al will used 1.90 g of NH3 to be totally
consumed.

Excess Reactant = given amount in grams – computed consumed amount in

grams
= 3.00g NH3 – 1.90 NH3
= 1.10 g NH3

Sample Problem 2:
Using the chemical equation:

2Al + 3Cl2 2AlCl3

Which is the limiting reactant in 86.25 grams of Al and 105.56 grams of Cl2?
And what is the greatest amount of ALC3 (in grams) can be made? Which of
the reactant is excess? How many grams are left on the excess reactant?

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Solution

Step 1: Determine the balanced chemical equation for the chemical

reaction.

2Al + 3Cl2 2AlCl3

- we have two Al atoms and six Cl atoms on both sides of the arrow, so we
are good to go!

Step 2: Convert all given information into moles:

(look for the molar mass of the element in the periodic table)

for Al:
86.25 g 1 mole of Al
x = 3.20 moles of Al
Al 26.98 g Al

for Cl2:
Molar mass of Cl2 = 2 x 35.45 = 70.90 g/mol
105.56 g 1 mole of Cl2
x = 1.49 moles of Cl2
Cl 70.90 g Cl2

There are 3.20 moles of Al and 1.49 moles of Cl2. Now, using this information we
can now, identify which of them is the limiting. We just need to answer the
following questions using step 3:
a. How much product (AlCl3) is produced if the given amount of Al is
consumed?
b. How much product (AlCl3) is produced if the given amount of Cl2 is
consumed?

Step 3: Calculate the mole ratio from the given information. Calculate the
product produced by the reactants. (Compute for the theoretical yield of each
reactant).

Question 1: How much product (AlCl3) is produced if the given amount of Al is

consumed?

2 mol AlCl3 133.33g AlCl3

3.20 mol Al × × = 426.66g AlCl3
2 mol Al 1 mol AlCl3
*This means that 3.20 mol Al will produce 426.66 g of the product AlCl3

Question 2: How much product (AlCl3) is produced if the given amount of Cl2 is
consumed?
2 mol AlCl3 133.33g AlCl3
1.49mol Cl2 × × = 132.44g AlCl3
3 mol Cl2 1 mol AlCl3
*This means that 1.49 mol Al will produce 132.44 g of the product AlCl3

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Step 4: Identify the limiting and excess reactant, the reactant that produces a
lesser amount of product is the limiting reagent while the reactant that
produces a larger amount of product is the excess reagent.
* Since Cl2 produces the lesser amount of product which is 132.44g AlCl3 it is
considered to be the limiting reactant while Al is the excess reactant for it
produces larger amount of the product which is 426.66g AlCl 3.

Step 5: Identify the amount product produced in the chemical reaction. Use
the calculated amount of product produced by the limiting reactant.
*Since the limiting reactant Cl2 produced 132.44g AlCl3, therefore this
is also the amount of product produced in the chemical reaction because the
limiting reactant determines the amount of product produced.

Step 6: To find the amount of remaining excess reactant, calculate how much
of the excess reactant will be consumed once the limiting reactant is
consumed. Then, subtract the mass of excess reagent consumed from the
total mass of excess reagent given.
2 mol Al 26.98 Al
1.49mol Cl2 × × = 26.80g Al
3 mol Cl2 1 mol Al
*This means that 1.49 mol Al will used 26.80 g of Al to be totally
consumed.

Excess Reactant = given amount in grams – computed consumed amount in

grams
= 86.25g Al – 26.80g Al
= 59.45 g Al
We can now answer the given questions:
1. Which is the limiting reactant: - Cl2
2. What is the greatest amount of ALC3 (in grams) can be made? = 132.44g
AlCl3
3. Which of the reactant is excess? – Al
4. How many grams are left on the excess reactant? 59.45g Al

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 Explore

Here are some enrichment activities for you to work on to master and
strengthen the basic concepts you have learned from this lesson.

Enrichment Activity 1: Let Us Make Some Oreos

In a perfect world, you 'd have just as much of every reactant you need to
convert everything into a product. However, in real life, you are much more likely to
have non-stoichiometric amounts of reactants.

You 're working in a factory that makes Oreo cookies. This process is usually
automated, but there has been a glitch in the software that runs the cookie-
assembling machine. Now you and your colleagues need to put the Oreos together
by hand.

Two boxes are given to you: one containing stacks of chocolate wafers and
one containing stacks of creamy fillings. The shipping supervisor shows up at your
workstation and wants to know how many Oreos you can make with the contents
of these two boxes. To figure this out, you look at the boxes and see the following
information printed along the outsides of each box:

Box 1

CONTENTS: Chocolate Wafers

SPECIFICATIONS: Halloween Printed, 5.2 grams each
TOTAL MASS OF CONTENTS: 436.8 grams

Box 2

CONTENTS: Double Stuff Filling

SPECIFICATIONS: Orange Color, Original Flavor, 4.8 grams each
TOTAL MASS OF CONTENTS: 187.2 grams

Taking in all this information, you think back fondly as Chemistry student and
realize that you can approach this like a chemistry problem!

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You decide to write the Oreo recipe like a chemical equation:

2 Wafers + 1 Filling → 1 Oreo Cookie

1. How many chocolate wafers total do you have in the box?
A. 56 B. 72 C. 84 D. 104

2. Considering ONLY the chocolate wafers you have, how many Oreos total
could you make?
A. 42 B. 54 C. 66 D. 124

3. How many orange fillings total do you have in the box?

A. 23 B. 39 C. 46 D. 75

4. Considering ONLY the orange fillings you have, how many Oreos total could
you make?
A. 23 B. 39 C. 46 D. 75

5. Considering all of your ingredients (both wafers and fillings), how many
Oreos could you make in total?
A. 39 B. 42 C. 84 D. 100

6. In chemistry, the reactant that runs out first is called the limiting
reagent. In this Oreo cookie scenario, what is the limiting reagent?
A. fillings C. usable oreo cookies
B. chocolate wafers D. damaged oreo cookies

7. In chemistry, the reactant that is left over after the limiting reagent runs out
is called the excess reagent. In this Oreo cookie scenario, what is the
excess reagent?
A. fillings C. usable oreo cookies
B. chocolate wafers D. damaged oreo cookies

Assessment 1: Interpret the equation

Direction: Analyze the given equation then answer the questions that follow in a
separate sheet of paper.

2C2H6 + 7O2 → 4CO2 + 6H2O

1. How many moles of CO2 will be produced with 2 moles of C2H6?
2. How many moles of H2O will be produced with 14 moles of O2?
3. How many grams of H2O will be produced with 2 moles of C2H6?
4. How many grams of CO2 will be produced with 7 moles of O2?
5. If 105.68 grams of C2H6 reacts with 89.35 grams O2
a. What is the limiting reagent?
b. What is the excess reagent?
c. How many grams CO2 will be produced?
b. How many grams H2O will be produced?
e. How many grams will be left from the excess reagent?

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Enrichment Activity 2: Follow the Recipe!

Analyze the recipe and apply your knowledge about limiting and excess reactant
and answer the questions that follows in a separate sheet of paper.

1. One butterscotch reacts with one peppermint to form a pepperscotch

according to the following balanced equation:
1 Bs + 1 P →1 PS

• Use the balanced equation to answer the following question. One

butterscotch has a mass of 5.0 grams and one peppermint has a
mass of 4.0 grams. How many pepperscotches can be made with 70.0
grams of butterscotch and 64.0 grams of peppermints?
• Use the candy in the bag to illustrate this reaction and answer the
following questions.
a. How many pepperscotches can be formed?
b. What is the limiting reactant?
c. What reactant is in excess?
d. How much of it is left over?

2. One tootsie roll reacts with four gummy bears to form a tootsie bear
according to the following balanced equation:
1 Tr + 4 Gb → 1 TB

• Use the balanced equation to answer the following question. One

tootsie roll has a mass of 2.0 grams and one gummy bear has a mass
of 1.5 g. How many tootsie bears can be made with 37.5 grams of
tootsie rolls and 48.0 grams of gummy bears?

a. How many tootsie bears can be formed?

b. What is the limiting reactant?
c. What is the excess reactant?
d. How much is left over?
3. One caramel reacts with three candy corn to form a caramel corn according
to the following balanced equation: 1 C + 3 Cc→ 1 CC
• Use the balanced equation to answer the following question. One
candy corn has a mass of 1.5 grams and one caramel has a mass of
11.0 g. How many caramel corns can be made with 69.0 grams of
candy corn and 99.0 grams of caramel?

a. How many caramel corns can be formed?

b. What is the limiting reactant?
c. What is the excess reactant?
d. How much is left over?

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Assessment 2: Calculate Me!
Directions: Solve the following problems in a separate sheet of paper.
Answer what is being asked and show your solution?

1. When a mixture of 129.64 g of CS2 reacts with 172.28 g of CaO in the

reaction
CS2 + 2CaO → CO2 + 2CaS

a. Which reactant is the limiting reagent?

b. Which reactant is the excess reagent?
c. How many grams of CO2 is formed in the chemical reaction?
d. How many grams of CaS is formed in the chemical reaction?
e. How many grams is the excess reagent left?

2. When a mixture of 159.89g Zn reacts with 209.11g of HCl in the reaction

Zn + 2HCl → ZnCl2 + H2
a. Which reactant is the limiting reagent?
b. Which reactant is the excess reagent?
c. How many grams of ZnCl2 is formed in the chemical reaction?
d. How many grams of H2 is formed in the chemical reaction?
e. How many grams is the excess reagent left?

3. When 84.55 g of CaCO3 reacts completely with 96.11 g of HCl in the

reaction
CaCO3 + 2HCl → CaCl2 + CO2 + H2O
a. Which reactant is the limiting reagent?
b. Which reactant is the excess reagent?
c. How many grams of CaCl2 is formed in the chemical reaction?
d. How many grams of CO2 is formed in the chemical reaction?
e. How many grams of H2O is formed in the chemical reaction?
f. How many grams is the excess reagent left?

Great job! You have understood the lesson. Are

. you now ready to summarize?

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 Deepen

At this point, make a comics strip showing the significance of determining the
limiting and excess reactant. Relate it also with your activities of daily living. Use at
least 2-3 short bond papers in portrait layout.

What you need: Short bond paper, pencil, crayons and other drawing materials.
Rubrics

4 3 2 1
Creativity The pictures and All but 1 of the All but 2 of the More than 2 of
captions reflect pictures and pictures and the pictures
an exceptional captions reflect captions reflect and captions
degree of student an exceptional an exceptional reflect an
creativity. There degree of degree of exceptional
is great attention student student degree of
to detail. creativity creativity student
creativity
Theme All 20 panels Only 15 panels Only 10 panels Less than 10
relate to the relate to the relate to the panels relate to
theme theme. theme. the theme.

Dialogue Dialogue are well Dialogue match Dialogue is too Dialogue is

matched to each most of the general. vague.
other. time.
Landscape and Landscape and Landscape and Landscape and Landscape and
Props props are props are props are props seem
directly related directly related generally randomly
to the topic or to the topic or related to the chosen OR
purpose of the purpose of the topic or purpose distract the
comic and comic. of the comic. reader.
enhance
understanding of
the scene.
Spelling, There are no There are 1-3 There are 4-5 There are more
Punctuation, spelling, spelling, spelling, than 5 spelling,
and Grammar punctuation, or punctuation, or punctuation, punctuation,
grammar errors. grammar errors. and grammar and grammar
errors. errors.

Total points=________________

Final Grade=________________

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 Gauge

Directions: Read carefully each item. Use a separate sheet for your answers. Write
only the letter of the best answer for each test item.
1. What is a limiting reagent in a chemical reaction?
A. the reactant that is in excess
B. the product that you can make the most of
C. the amount of reactants that react with each other
D. the reactant that determines how much product can be made

2. What is an excess reagent in a chemical reaction?

A. the product that you can make the most of
B. the amount of reactants that react with each other
C. the reactant that is left after chemical reaction is completed
D. the reactant that determines how much product can be made

3. What is the first step in determining the limiting reactant in a chemical reaction?
A. check the mole ratio
B. convert given mass to mole
C. balance the chemical equation
D. compute for the product produced

4. What will be your guide in determining the limiting and excess reactant?
A. amount of reactants
B. ratio of reactants and products
C. molar mass of reactants and products
D. amount of product produced of each reactants

5. How will you identify the amount of product produced in the chemical reaction?
A. Use the calculated amount of product produced by the excess reactant.
B. Use the calculated amount of product produced by the limiting reactant.
C. Convert the given mass of the reactants in the chemical reaction into
moles.
D. Convert the given mass of the products in the chemical reaction into
moles.

6. Which of the following statements is TRUE about excess reactant?

A. It has the largest molar mass.
B. It has the smallest molar mass.
C. It is consumed completely after chemical reaction.
D. It is the reagent that is left over after the reaction stops.

7. Which of the following statements is TRUE about limiting reactant?

A. Once it is totally consumed the reaction stops.
B. It is always the reactant with the smallest amount
C. It is the reactant that produces largest amount of product.
D. It is the reagent that is left when chemical reaction already stops.

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8. Pretend you have a job building bicycles. If you had 120 wheels, 240 pedals, and
75 seats, which is considered to be the limiting reactant?
A. pedals B. seats C. wheels D. pedals and
wheels

9. In the problem above, how many pedals are left over after you have built the
bicycles?
A. 30 B. 60 C. 90 D. 120
10. You need 2 pieces of bread, 1 tablespoon of peanut butter and 2 tablespoons of
jelly to make a 6 sandwich. If you have 85 pieces of bread, 24 tablespoons of
peanut butter and 44 tablespoons of jelly, what is the limiting reactant?
A. bread B. jelly C. peanut butter D. sandwich
11. In the reaction, Zn + 2 HCl ZnCl2 + H2, 106.08 grams of Zn are reacted with
97.54 g of HCl. How many grams of H2 will be produced?
A. 2.71g H2 B. 3.27g H2 C. 5.18g H2 D. 7.17g H2

12. In the problem above, which substance is the limiting reactant?

A. H2 B. HCl C. Zn D. ZnCl2

13. How many grams of what substance is left over?

A. 18.47g of Zn C. 87.61g of Zn
B. 18.47g of HCl D. 87.61 g of HCl

14. Silicon carbide, an abrasive, is made by the reaction of silicon dioxide with
graphite.
SiO2 +3C → SiC + 2CO

If 125.92g of SiO2 and 136.32 g of C are reacted, which one of the following
statements will be correct?
A. 45.66g of C will be left over. C. 23.65 g of SiO2 will be left over.
B. 60.66g of C will be left over. D. 114.33 g of SiO2 will be left over.

15. Given the following reaction: Cu+2AgNO3→2Ag+Cu(NO3), wherein 43.45g of Cu

reacts with 69.65g of AgNO3, what conclusion can you make?
A. Both reactants produce the same amount of product therefore both can
be limiting and excess reactant.
B. Cu, will determine the amount of product that will be produced since it is
the limiting reactant.
C. AgNO3, will determine the amount of product that will be produced since
it is the limiting reactant.
D. Some AgNO3 will be left, since it is the excess reactant in the chemical
reaction and will let the reaction to go on.

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