1)For an atom of carbon how many valence electrons are "s" electrons?

2

2) How many are "p" electrons?
4

3)How many (total) electrons in carbon are paired?
2

4) How many are unpaired?
1

Are these correct.

1)For an atom of carbon how many valence electrons are "s" electrons?

2
right

2) How many are "p" electrons?
4
I think the electron configuration for 6C is 1s2 2s2 2p2 so the answer can't be 4

3)How many (total) electrons in carbon are paired?
2
Looking at my electron configuration above the 1s2 are paired and the 2s2 are paired and that makes 4 electrons total. Right?

4) How many are unpaired?
1
If C has 6 electrons and 4 are paired, that leaves 2 that are unpaired. Right? Those are the 1 in Px and 1 in Py.

Thank you!

1) For an atom of carbon, the electronic configuration is 1s² 2s² 2p². So, there are 2 "s" electrons in the 2s sublevel.

2) There are 4 "p" electrons in the 2p sublevel.

3) To determine the total number of paired electrons in carbon, we look at the electronic configuration. In carbon, both the 1s electrons and 2s electrons are paired (2s²), giving a total of 4 paired electrons.

4) The unpaired electrons refer to the number of singly occupied orbitals. In carbon, there are 3 unpaired electrons, which corresponds to the 2p sublevel (2p²) having two paired electrons and one unpaired electron.

So, the correct answers are:
1) 2 "s" electrons.
2) 4 "p" electrons.
3) 4 paired electrons.
4) 1 unpaired electron.