When hydrogen is combined with a metal, it has an oxidation number of
a. 0
b. +1
c. -1
d. -2

The answer is c because thats the number when combined with a metal. +1 is when its combined with a nonmetal. 

Abbreviated as mg-25.

Non metal is an element or substance that is not a metal metal is a solid material that is typically hard, shiny, malleable, fusible, and ductile, with good electrical and thermal conductivitymetalloid is an element (e.g., germanium or silicon) whose properties are intermediate between those of metals and solid nonmetals. they are electrical semiconductors.