How do you figure out how many electrons an element has?

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Thank You!How do you figure out how many electrons an element has?
In an element the number of electrons is equal to the number of the protons. The number of protons is the atomic number of an element and can be found in the periodic table. For example, the atomic number of hydrogen is 1, so the element hydrogen has 1proton and 1 electron.How do you figure out how many electrons an element has?
The atomic number tells you how many electrons the element has. However if it has a charge you have to adjust the number, If there is a negative charge, you add the number of the charge to the number of electrons to get the overall number. If the charge is positive you subtract the number for the charge from the number of electrons.
Look at a periodic table of elements. Above each Symbol is a number called the atomic number. That tells you how many protons are in the atom, which in turn tells you how many electrons it has since atoms have the same number of protons as electrons.
In a periodic table a symbol of an element will have 2 numbers by it the relative atomic mass number and the atomic/proton number the number of protons in an element is the same as the number of electrons so just look at the lower number, and thats ur answer! :)


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in a neutral atom it has the same number of electrons as protons. if there is a + or - with a number in the top right then it is an ion. + means you remove how many electrons it denotes, - means you add the amount.
by looking at its atomic number. atomic number = number of prtons = number of electrons. go check your periodic table