At the end of this activity, students should be able to define a chemical equation and describe what it consists of, explain the difference between a stoichiometric subscript and a stoichiometric coefficient, explain how to balance chemical equations, determine stoichiometric coefficients in chemical reactions, obtain information about the qualitative and quantitative composition of a chemical compound from its molecular formula, calculate reacting masses on the basis of chemical equations and explain the concept of the limiting reactant.

Originally released by Learnetic, 2016.