
This is how to calculate "82 plus what equals 87?" In other words, 82 plus a number equals 87. What is that number? We start by converting this word problem into an equation where "what" is what we want to solve:
82 + what = 87
To solve this equation, we first add -82 to each side of the equal sign like this:
82 - 82 + what = 87 - 82
Then, we do the calculation to get the answer to "82 plus what equals 87?" as follows:
What = 5
The answer to "82 plus what equals 87?" is 5. You know this answer is correct because 82 plus 5 equals 87.
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