What is the sum of 2 and 7?

What does it mean when someone asks you for the sum of 2 and 7? The sum is part of the addition equation displayed below.

addend + addend = sum

When someone asks "What is the sum of 2 and 7?" they mean that 2 is an addend and 7 is an addend in an addition equation.

Therefore, as you may have inferred, the sum of 2 and 7 is the same as 2 plus 7. Here is the addition equation with the answer:

2 + 7 = 9

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