What is the sum of 5 and 72?

What does it mean when someone asks you for the sum of 5 and 72? The sum is part of the addition equation displayed below.

addend + addend = sum

When someone asks "What is the sum of 5 and 72?" they mean that 5 is an addend and 72 is an addend in an addition equation.

Therefore, as you may have inferred, the sum of 5 and 72 is the same as 5 plus 72. Here is the addition equation with the answer:

5 + 72 = 77

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