7 plus what equals 41?

This is how to calculate "7 plus what equals 41?" In other words, 7 plus a number equals 41. What is that number? We start by converting this word problem into an equation where "what" is what we want to solve:

7 + what = 41

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

7 - 7 + what = 41 - 7

Then, we do the calculation to get the answer to "7 plus what equals 41?" as follows:

What = 34

The answer to "7 plus what equals 41?" is 34. You know this answer is correct because 7 plus 34 equals 41.

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