7 plus what equals 12?

This is how to calculate "7 plus what equals 12?" In other words, 7 plus a number equals 12. What is that number? We start by converting this word problem into an equation where "what" is what we want to solve:

7 + what = 12

To solve this equation, we first add -7 to each side of the equal sign like this:

7 - 7 + what = 12 - 7

Then, we do the calculation to get the answer to "7 plus what equals 12?" as follows:

What = 5

The answer to "7 plus what equals 12?" is 5. You know this answer is correct because 7 plus 5 equals 12.

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