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Science Chemistry
Chemical formula and ionic equations
Name: _____________________ ( ) Class: ________ Date: ___________

1. fill in the ions for each of the specified names of ions and write their chemical formula in the space
provided.
IONS nitrate sulfate carbonate hydroxide chloride
sodium NaNO
3
Na
2
SO
4

silver
ammonium
zinc
calcium
magnesium
lead(II)
aluminum
copper (II)
iron (III)
potassium
barium


1. Refer to examples 1 and 2 and use the same method to balance and complete the ionic
equations for the rest of the equations.
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Example 1: HCl(aq) + NaOH (aq) NaCl (aq) + H
2
O (l)
Write in ions form (only
for aqueous state) and
cancel spectator ions
(those that remain the
same before and after
the reaction):

Re-write the
remaining
ions/compounds:

Example 2: H
2
SO
4
(aq) + Ba(NO
3
)
3
(aq) BaSO
4
(s) + NO
2
(g) + H
2
O (l)
Write in ions form (only
for aqueous state) and
cancel spectator ions
(those that remain the
same before and after
the reaction):

Re-write the
remaining
ions/compounds:



1.
FeCl3(aq) + Mg(s) MgCl2(aq) + Fe(s)
Write in ions form (only
for aqueous state) and
cancel spectator ions
(those that remain the
same before and after
the reaction):

Re-write the
remaining
ions/compounds:



2.
NaCl(aq) + Pb(NO3)2(aq) PbCl2(s) + NaNO3(aq)
Write in ions form (only
for aqueous state) and
cancel spectator ions
(those that remain the
same before and after
the reaction):

Re-write the
remaining
ions/compounds:



3.
Na2CO3(aq) + FeCl2(aq) FeCO3(s) + NaCl(aq)
Write in ions form (only
for aqueous state) and
cancel spectator ions
(those that remain the
same before and after
the reaction):

Re-write the
remaining
ions/compounds:






4.
Mg(OH)2(aq) + HCl(aq) MgCl2(aq) + H2O(l)
Write in ions form (only
for aqueous state) and

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cancel spectator ions
(those that remain the
same before and after
the reaction):
Re-write the
remaining
ions/compounds:

5.
K2(C2O4)(aq) + CaCl2(aq) KCl(aq) + Ca(C2O4)(s)
Write in ions form (only
for aqueous state) and
cancel spectator ions
(those that remain the
same before and after
the reaction):

Re-write the
remaining
ions/compounds:

6.
(NH4)3PO4(aq) + Zn(NO3)2(aq) NH4NO3(aq ) + Zn3(PO4)2(s )
Write in ions form (only
for aqueous state) and
cancel spectator ions
(those that remain the
same before and after
the reaction):

Re-write the
remaining
ions/compounds:

7.
LiOH(aq) + VCl3(aq) LiCl(aq) + V(OH)3(s )
Write in ions form (only
for aqueous state) and
cancel spectator ions
(those that remain the
same before and after
the reaction):

Re-write the
remaining
ions/compounds:

8.
Na2CO3(aq) + HCl(aq) NaCl(aq ) + CO2(g ) + H2O(l)
Write in ions form (only
for aqueous state) and
cancel spectator ions
(those that remain the
same before and after
the reaction):

Re-write the
remaining
ions/compounds:

9. Na2SO3(s) + HCl(aq) NaCl(aq) + H2O(l ) + SO2(g)
Write in ions form (only
for aqueous state) and
cancel spectator ions
(those that remain the
same before and after
the reaction):

Re-write the
remaining
ions/compounds:




10. ZnCl2 (aq) + 2KOH (aq) Zn(OH)2 (s) + 2KCl (aq)
Write in ions form (only

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for aqueous state) and
cancel spectator ions
(those that remain the
same before and after
the reaction):
Re-write the
remaining
ions/compounds:

11. LiCl (aq) + AgNO3 (aq) AgCl (s) + LiNO3 (aq)
Write in ions form (only
for aqueous state) and
cancel spectator ions
(those that remain the
same before and after
the reaction):

Re-write the
remaining
ions/compounds:

12. LiCl (aq) + AgNO3 (aq) AgCl (s) + LiNO3 (aq)
Write in ions form (only
for aqueous state) and
cancel spectator ions
(those that remain the
same before and after
the reaction):

Re-write the
remaining
ions/compounds: