93 plus what equals 98?

This is how to calculate "93 plus what equals 98?" In other words, 93 plus a number equals 98. What is that number? We start by converting this word problem into an equation where "what" is what we want to solve:

93 + what = 98

To solve this equation, we first add -93 to each side of the equal sign like this:

93 - 93 + what = 98 - 93

Then, we do the calculation to get the answer to "93 plus what equals 98?" as follows:

What = 5

The answer to "93 plus what equals 98?" is 5. You know this answer is correct because 93 plus 5 equals 98.

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