6 plus what equals 37?

This is how to calculate "6 plus what equals 37?" In other words, 6 plus a number equals 37. What is that number? We start by converting this word problem into an equation where "what" is what we want to solve:

6 + what = 37

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

6 - 6 + what = 37 - 6

Then, we do the calculation to get the answer to "6 plus what equals 37?" as follows:

What = 31

The answer to "6 plus what equals 37?" is 31. You know this answer is correct because 6 plus 31 equals 37.

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