1.00 kg P This is what we are given.

You want to find out how much Calcium Phosphate it takes to get 1.00 kg of phosphorus.
Firstly let's convert it to grams so that we can use the molar mass.

1.00 kg

P( 103 g )
=1000 grams P
1 kg

Now let's find out how may moles. Using the molar mass of Phosphorus.

1000 grams of

P1 mol of P
=32.29 mols of P When you are doing this don't round just
30.97 grams of P

keep the value on your calculator

Remember we need to find out the mass of Calcium Phosphate so the next step is to figure out
how many moles of phosphorus there is in Calcium Phosphate so we need to write down the

chemical formula which is

32.29 mols of

C a3 ( P O4 )2

P1 mol C a3 ( P O 4 )2
2 mols of P

so there is 2 mols

= 16.14 mols of C a3 ( P O4 )2

mass
first let's find the molar mass of calcium phosphate
MM =3* 40.08 + 2*(30.97) +8*16.00 = 310.18grams per mole

now we need to find the

16.14 mols of C a3 ( P O4 )2

310.18 grams of C a3 ( P O4 )2
1mol of C a3 ( PO 4 )2

= 5006.31grams of

C a3 ( P O4 )2

Now since it is extracted from an ore we are not done.

5006.31 g of C a 3

( P O4 )2100 g of ore
=8737.02 grams which with correct sig figs is 8740 grams8.74 kg
57.3 g of C a3 ( P O4 )2