balancing equations

• what is on the left side of word equations that reaction together?

  the reactants
• what is on the right side of word equations?

  the products
• what does the arrow in the middle of a word equation show us?

  the reactants react completely to form the products
• what are the rules of balancing equations?

  1. cant change any of the little numbers
  2. change the big number in front of the elements/compounds
  3. keep the whole numbers