I’m pretty sure it’s in a group (column) of the period table. Hope this helps :)))
.316 moles just divide by the molar mass of naoh which is 39.997. So 12.64 divived by 39.997 is .3160237. that is 3.16x10-1
Maybe they had to consider the habitat to make sure the habitat they were releasing the dragonflies into would be appropriate for the dragonflies.
Convert mole to gram by multiplying the molar mass of sodium
0.500mol Na x 22.990g = 11.495g of Na