How to Calculate the Average Atomic Mass?

Identify each isotope of the element

Find the atomic mass of each isotope

Find the percent abundance of each isotope

Convert each percent abundance to a decimal

Multiply each isotope’s atomic mass by its decimal abundance

Add all the products together

Use the formula: average atomic mass = (mass1 × abundance1) + (mass2 × abundance2) + …

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