Science Activity Sheet: Quarter 2 - MELC 7

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Science
Activity Sheet
Quarter 2 – MELC 7
Percentage Composition of Compounds
Week No. 8
REGION VI – WESTERN VISAYAS

Name of Learner: ______________Grade and Section: ______________
Date: ___________________ Week No. 8
ACTIVITY SHEET (SCIENCE 9)

PERCENTAGE COMPOSITION OF COMPOUNDS
I. Learning Competency with Code

Determine the percentage composition of a compound given its
chemical formula and vice versa. S9MT-llj20
II. Background Information for Learners
Are you interested to know how much of an element is present in a

compound?
You can answer this question by determining percentage composition. The mass
of
each element in a compound compared to the entire mass of the compound
multiplied
by 100 percent is called the percentage composition of the compound. So, the
percentage composition of a compound tells you the percentage composition of
the
mass made up by each element in a compound.
Let us have an example a very common compound, for example, Water has
two molecules of Hydrogen and one molecule of Oxygen. The computation below
shows the molar mass of water is computed: Show step by step process
H2O
O atom (16.00 g) = 16.00 g
H atoms (1.01g) = 2.02 g
_____________
18.02 g
Did you answer 89% oxygen and 11% hydrogen? Your answer is correct! To get the
percent oxygen, mass of oxygen is divided by the mass of water multiplied by 100%.
The same is true with hydrogen.
11% H
89% O
Figure SEQ Figure \* ARABIC 1 Percentage

Composition of water
We can have the formula as:
mass of element in the compound
% mass of element = x 100%
mass of the compound
*To check if the computation of percentage composition is correct, add all the
percentage composition of elements you had computed if you get 100% then the
computation is correct.
Example in H2o (water)

H-1 (no. of atom 2) = 2g, O- 16g
H-2g
+ O-16g
_______
18g
%H=2 ÷18g x 100%= 11%

%O= 16g ÷ 18g x 100% = 89%
To check: 11% + 89% = 100%
● Knowledge about percentage composition is useful in choosing the best

fertilizer that gives higher amount of nitrogen and potassium in the soil.
● It will help us to be a wise consumer because it is a good basis of
choosing the food product, we need to eat based on its content.
● Percent composition allows you to know the ideal dosage or amount of
substances to use.
● In medicine, for example, using more than the recommended dosage of
a certain substances may adversely affect one’s health, as in drug
overdose.
III. Accompanying DepEd Textbook and Educational Sites
K to 12 Science 9 Learner’s Material p.157
K to 12 Science 9 Teacher’s Manual
MELC- Based K to 12 Science Learner’s Material
Periodic Table of Elements
IV. Activity Proper (Write your Answer in a Separate sheet of

Paper)
Activity 1. It is Grocery Time! Refer to pages 157-158 of
Learners materials of Grade 9
.
Activity 2: Direction: Determine the percentage composition of the following
compound. (Atomic mass of the following elements: H-1, O- 16, C- 12).
1. Hydrogen in H2O2 (Hydrogen peroxide
2. Carbon in C2H6 (ethane)
3. Carbon and Hydrogen in C3H8 (propane)
4. Hydrogen in NH₄NO₃ (ammonium nitrate)
5. Carbon and Hydrogen in C₂H₅OH (ethanol
3. Guide Questions
Activity 1
Q1. Based on this activity, what food do you regularly consume which gives
your body a lot of carbon (C) atoms and sodium (Na) ions? Which of the
food labels gives carbon (C) and sodium (Na) ions.
_____________________________________________________________
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Q2. Are these foods good for your body? Why? ( Research on how much of
these types of food are recommended for your age group).
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Q3. In what other ways can you apply the concept on percentage
composition?
________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
IV. Reflection (Provide reflection guide question)
1. Why do you think composition of chemicals differ in every substance? How

important is this to life?
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
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V. Answer Key
5. C= 52.17%, H= 13.04%
4. H= 5 %
3. C= 82%, H= 18%
2. C= 80%
1. H= 5.88%
Exercises 2
alloy to name a few. There is a wide variety of application for this topic
Q3. The concept on percentage composition can be used in the preparation of food (baking and cooking), preservation of food, prod uction of paste, paint, and
High School (JHS) age.

Q2. Too much intake of those foods is not good for the body. The Food and Nutrition Research Institute has a recommended value intake to individuals of Junior
such as crackers, potato chips, and corn chips and canned goods contain salt that provide sodium ions to their body.
that is reported as carbohydrates in the nutrition facts will give them a lot of carbon atoms. On the other hand, food products items commonly known as “junk food,”
Q1. The answer of the leaners may vary depending on their food preferences. Soft drinks, fruit juices in Joy packs, cupcakes, and other foods which contain sugar
Exercises 1

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REGION VI – WESTERN VISAYAS

ACTIVITY SHEET (SCIENCE 9)

I. Learning Competency with Code

II. Background Information for Learners

Are you interested to know how much of an element is present in a

Figure SEQ Figure \* ARABIC 1 Percentage

Example in H2o (water)

%H=2 ÷18g x 100%= 11%

To check: 11% + 89% = 100%

● Knowledge about percentage composition is useful in choosing the best

IV. Activity Proper (Write your Answer in a Separate sheet of

IV. Reflection (Provide reflection guide question)

1. Why do you think composition of chemicals differ in every substance? How

High School (JHS) age.

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