97 plus what equals 12?

This is how to calculate "97 plus what equals 12?" In other words, 97 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:

97 + what = 12

To solve this equation, we first add -97 to each side of the equal sign like this:

97 - 97 + what = 12 - 97

Then, we do the calculation to get the answer to "97 plus what equals 12?" as follows:

What = -85

The answer to "97 plus what equals 12?" is -85. You know this answer is correct because 97 plus -85 equals 12.

Plus What Equals Calculator
Here you can calculate a similar problem:

97 plus what equals 13?
Do you think you can solve a similar problem on your own? Try to figure out the next problem on our list and then go here to check the answer.