13 plus what equals 14?

This is how to calculate "13 plus what equals 14?" In other words, 13 plus a number equals 14. What is that number? We start by converting this word problem into an equation where "what" is what we want to solve:

13 + what = 14

To solve this equation, we first add -13 to each side of the equal sign like this:

13 - 13 + what = 14 - 13

Then, we do the calculation to get the answer to "13 plus what equals 14?" as follows:

What = 1

The answer to "13 plus what equals 14?" is 1. You know this answer is correct because 13 plus 1 equals 14.

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