how do I write this equatio out and is it stoichiometry problem. Find the mass of sodium hydroxide needed to neutralize enough nitric acid to create 2.0 gram of sodium nitrate?

Answer 1

Yes, it is a stoichiometry problem.
NaOH + HNO3 ==> NaNO3 + H2O

Here is a solved example of a stoichiometry problem. Just follow the steps.
http://www.jiskha.com/science/chemistry/stoichiometry.html