98 plus what equals 0?

This is how to calculate "98 plus what equals 0?" In other words, 98 plus a number equals 0. What is that number? We start by converting this word problem into an equation where "what" is what we want to solve:

98 + what = 0

To solve this equation, we first add -98 to each side of the equal sign like this:

98 - 98 + what = 0 - 98

Then, we do the calculation to get the answer to "98 plus what equals 0?" as follows:

What = -98

The answer to "98 plus what equals 0?" is -98. You know this answer is correct because 98 plus -98 equals 0.

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