How many carbon atoms are in 4.00g of butane?

first: convert grams to moles using the molar mass of butane from the periodic table

4.00 g C4H10 x (1 mol C4H10)/(58.12 g C4H10) = 0.068823 mol C4H10

second: convert moles to molecules (using avogadros number)

0.068823 mol C4H10 x (6.022×10^23 molecules C4H10)/(1 mol C4H10) = 4.14452×10^22 molecules C4H10

third: there are 4 carbon atoms in 1 butane molecule, so use the following ratio:

4.14452×10^22 molecules of C4H10 x (4 atoms of C)/(1 molecule of C4H10)

= 1.66×10^23 C atoms (3 significant digits)

Hope this helps

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