4- Identify which oxidation number the metal ion is using in that particular compound by including a Roman numeral after the metal's name
1- Identify the cation(+) & anion (-)
FeO :
(II)
Iron
Oxide
2- Cation name remains unchanged
3- If anion is an element, add -ide, If anion is a polyatomic ion, name is unchanged
F is +2 and there is only one, so the one O must be -2 to balance