Answer is: 4) The same subscripts are on each side of the equation.
For example, balanced chemical reaction:
2Mg + O₂ → 2MgO.
1) The same number of atoms is on each side of the equation: two magnesium atoms and two oxgen atoms.
2) The formulas for all substances are correct: in magnesium oxide (MgO), magnesium has oxidation number +2 and oxygen -2, so formula is good, because compound must be neutral.
3) The same mass is represented on each side of the equation: because there is same number of atoms, the mass is the same.
4) The same subscripts are on each side of the equation: oxygen does not have same subscripts.
