[fligex]

Hi all, complete noob here as you might expect from my post title.

I'm doing some homework and one of the questions I'm asked is to write
the formulas for a list of ions they give.

I can't seem to wrap my head around how to figure that out. Hopefully someone can help.

I thought I understood it after doing the Hydroxide ion formula OH- but the same conclusions didn't
apply once I reached the bisulfate ion. I'm dying here.

Thanks for you tips!

[AWK]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inorganic_nomenclature
see rule 5 under system