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Take carbon as an example.

Carbon, indicated by it's atomic number, has 6 electrons. The number at the top of carbon's group is the number of valance electrons. Carbon has 4 valance elections.

6 total electrons - 4 valance electrons

= 2 core electrons in carbon

=====================(try another element yourself to see this process )

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