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Reading & Textbook Problem Assignments - Silberberg CHEMISTRY, 5th ed.

Textbook readings and the associated problems are an essential part of the preparation for the course. Most of the problems assigned below from the text will have a blue number and will have answers in the back of the book and full solutions in the student solutions manual. These problem assignments will not be collected or graded.

  • Chapter 1 - Math & Measurements Review
    • Follow-up Problems (at the end of the reading sections): 1-9
    • End-of-chapter Problems: 26,34,45,54,58,60,68,70,72
  • Section 3.1 - The Mole
    • Follow-up Problems: 1-4
    • End-of-chapter Problems: 8-16 (even)
  • Please see the Extra Practice Worksheets in the Lab Manual (and reprinted below) for Math Review & Problem-Solving 1-5, and Moles 1 for additional practice related to the above three reading assignments.
  • Chapter 2 - Matter, Atomic Theory, and Bonding
    (In sections 2.7-2.8, focus on bonding concepts; naming will be addressed later.)
    • Follow-up Problems: 1-5
    • End-of-chapter Problems: 43,45,47,49,52,56
  • Sections 2.7-2.8 - Chemical Bonding, Formulas & Naming
    • Follow-up Problems: 6-16
    • End-of-chapter Problems: 90abd,92ac,94-110(evens)
  • Section 3.2 - Empirical & Molecular Formulas and Combustion Analysis
    • Follow-up Problems: 5-7
    • End-of-chapter Problems: 18,33,35,37b,39,41,44,46
  • Chapter 4 - Chemical Reactions & Equations
    • Follow-up Problems: 2,4,5,12
    • End-of-chapter Problems: 6,28,31,33,47a,87,89,91,93,95
  • Sections 13.1, 4.1, & 3.5(pp.121-125) - Solutions & Concentration
    • Follow-up Problems: 3.15 - 3.18, 4.1
    • End-of-chapter Problems: 3.96, 3.98, 3.100, 3.102, 4.18
  • Sections 3.3-3.4 - Stoichiometry
    • Follow-up Problems: 8-14
    • End-of-chapter Problems: 50,53,55,63,65,69,73,75,77,81,85
  • Sections 3.5, 4.1, 4.4 - Solution Stoichiometry & Acid-Base Titrations
    • Follow-up Problems: 3.19, 3.20, 4.6
    • End-of-chapter Problems: 3.104, 3.106, 4.51
  • Chapter 5 - Gases
    • Follow-up Problems: 1,2,5,7,9-13
    • End-of-chapter Problems: 6,8,10,12,20,22,24,30,39,52,54,56,97
  • Chapter 6 - Thermochemistry
    • Follow-up Problems: 1-9
    • End-of-chapter Problems: 35,37,39,41,43,50,52,54,56,60,67,74,79,81,92,108
  • Sections 4.5-4.6, 21.1 - Oxidation & Reduction Reactions
    • Follow-up Problems: 4.7, 4.8, 4.9, 4.11, & 21.1
    • End-of-chapter Problems: Chap 4: (62,64,66,68,70,72,74) & Chap 21: (10,12,14,16,18)
      • There are a lot of good examples. If you are consistently getting correct answers, move on to other work.
  • Chapter 7 - Electronic Structure of the Atom & Quantum Theory
    • Follow-up Problems: 1-8
    • End-of-chapter Problems: 23,27,29,41,48,49,53,59
  • Chapter 8 - Electron Configurations and Chemical Periodicity
    • Follow-up Problems: 1-8
    • End-of-chapter Problems: 25,27,33,35,53-59(odds),82,86
  • Chapter 9 - Chemical Bonding: Electron Dot Structures
    • Follow-up Problems: 1-4
    • End-of-chapter Problems: 39,48,50,57
  • Chapter 10 - Chemical Bonding: Molecular Shapes & Polarity
    • Follow-up Problems: 1-9
    • End-of-chapter Problems: 5-21(odds), 34-48(evens), 51,55,57
      • There are a lot of good examples. If you are consistently getting correct answers, move on to other work.
  • Section 11.1 - Hybridization
    • Follow-up Problems: 1
    • End-of-chapter Problems: 9,11,13,15
  • Sections 11.2-11.3 - Valence Bond Theory & Molecular Orbital Theory
    • Follow-up Problems: 2,3,4
    • End-of-chapter Problems: 20,21,23,25
  • Sections 15.1- 15.2 - Structure and Isomerism in Organic Molecules
    • Follow-up Problems: 1
  • Chapter 12 (focus on sections 12.1-12.5)- Intermolecular Forces: Liquids, Solids & Phase Changes
    • Follow-up Problems: 1-4
    • End-of-chapter Problems: 34,37-47(odd),15,18-21,23,25
  • Sections 4.5-4.6, 21.1 - Oxidation & Reduction Reactions
    • Follow-up Problems: 4.7, 4.8, 4.9, 4.11, & 21.1
    • End-of-chapter Problems: Chap 4: (62,64,66,68,70,72,74) & Chap 21: (10,12,14,16,18)
      • There are a lot of good examples. If you are consistently getting correct answers, move on to other work.