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The electronic configuration for the oxygen atom is [math]1s^2 2s^2 2p^4[/math]. It must acquire 2 electrons to become an ion with a charge of -2 . Thus the electronic configuration for an [math]O^{2 -}[/math] ion is
The oxygen atom has therefore 8 neutrons, 8 protons and 8 electrons. The number of valence electrons is equal with the group number. Since oxygen is in group 6 it means that it has 6 valence electrons. Check out the periodic table from the web site above. You will see that the number of protons and electrons are easy to determine.