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Exercises in Balancing Chemistry Equations

Writing and balancing chemistry equations generally pose a problem to a secondary school student. Although various techniques are mentioned in the literature, apparently there seems to be no magic formula for learning equations. They need to be practised repeatedly.

An attempt has been made to give exercises in balancing chemistry equations in the following topics:

A sample equation is given below:

Direction:

• In the following equation you will see a blank box before the symbol of each compound and element. Enter the lowest possible number in each box, or leave the box blank if you think the chemical needn't have a number (i.e. the number is equivalent to '1').
• When you think the equation is balanced, click on the small button "Check answer" that appears below it.
• If your equation is incorrect, then click the button "Reset" and try balancing the equation again.
• In case you are in a hurry or are unable to balance, then click the button "Show answer."
• If you want to know the time taken (minutes:seconds) to balance a chemical equation, you click the "Start" button and after balancing the equation, click the "Stop"button. Once, you have noted the time, click the "Reset Timer" button.

Note:

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Click a topic below to open a separate window.

• Oxygen
• Hydrogen
• Carbon Monoxide
• Carbon Dioxide
• Nitrogen