10 plus what equals 50?

This is how to calculate "10 plus what equals 50?" In other words, 10 plus a number equals 50. What is that number? We start by converting this word problem into an equation where "what" is what we want to solve:

10 + what = 50

To solve this equation, we first add -10 to each side of the equal sign like this:

10 - 10 + what = 50 - 10

Then, we do the calculation to get the answer to "10 plus what equals 50?" as follows:

What = 40

The answer to "10 plus what equals 50?" is 40. You know this answer is correct because 10 plus 40 equals 50.

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