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how do the prefixes of the –saccharide words relate to the structure of the sugar?

Sagot :

Answer:

The prefixes tell you how many of each there are.

Explanation:

So for this example, mono would mean there is one sugar, di meaning 2 sugars and so on. Hope this helped!

Here is a table:

mono- 1    hexa-6

di-2           hepta- 7

tri- 3          octo- 8

tetra- 4      nona- 9

penta - 5   deca- 10