6 plus what equals 25?

This is how to calculate "6 plus what equals 25?" In other words, 6 plus a number equals 25. What is that number? We start by converting this word problem into an equation where "what" is what we want to solve:

6 + what = 25

To solve this equation, we first add -6 to each side of the equal sign like this:

6 - 6 + what = 25 - 6

Then, we do the calculation to get the answer to "6 plus what equals 25?" as follows:

What = 19

The answer to "6 plus what equals 25?" is 19. You know this answer is correct because 6 plus 19 equals 25.

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