The mass number = protons + neutrons
If you add the number of protons to the number of neutrons in an atom, you have calculated that atom's atomic mass.
Add number of protons and neutrons.
No need to add. Use the elemnts mass number, which is the number of protons plus the number of neutrons
when you could check in most of atoms that we have you will see that the sum of protons and electrons equals to or is called the atomic weight or atomic mass...that is if you add protons to electrons you have your atomic mass.
It's Atomic Mass is 56 (and some change) because the majority of the mass comes from the protons and neutrons which equal about 1 amu (atomic mass unit) while the electrons equal a fraction of a percent so just add up the protons and electrons to get the atomic mass henceforth the mass number
The mass number is going to be 54. Mass number is found by adding the number of protons and the number of neutrons. The fact that there are 24 electrons, one for each proton, means the atom is neutral.
Add the number of protons plus the number of neutrons for an approximate answer. Compared to protons and neutrons, electrons have zero mass - it takes over 1800 electrons to equal the mass of a proton or neutron.
The number of protons in an atom is equal to its atomic number. In a neutral atom, the number of electrons is equal to that of protons. If the atom is negatively charged, add it to the number of electrons; and if positive, subtract.
To find the number of protons (atomic number), you can use the number of electrons, in this case 12 electrons. Since atoms are electrically neutral, the number of protons is equal to the number of electrons, which is 12. To find the mass number, you add the number of protons and neutrons together. In this case, you have 12 protons and 10 neutrons, so the mass number would be 22.
The two subatomic particles you add together to get the mass number of an atom are protons and neutrons. Protons have a positive charge, while neutrons have no charge, but together they contribute to the mass of an atom.
To the find the mass number of an atom you add the protons and neutrons. Meaning that the mass number of this atom is 12.
The atomic number of an element is the number of protonsin its atom's nucleus. The mass number of an element is the number of nucleons (protons or neutrons) in its atom's nucleus. Except in the case of hydrogen, which has no neutrons, the mass number will always be higher.