1) Answer is: 5.
Chemical dissociation of aluminium sulfide in water:
Al₂S₃(aq) → 2Al³⁺(aq) + 3S²⁻(aq).
There are five ions, two aluminium cations and three sulfide anions.
2) Answer is: 4.
Chemical dissociation of aluminium fluoride in water:
AlF₃(aq) → Al³⁺(aq) + 3F⁻(aq).
There are four ions, one aluminium cation and three fluoride anions.
Aluminium has oxidation +3, because it lost three electrons, to gain electron configuration as noble gas neon.
