What plus 1 equals 7?

This is how to calculate "What plus 1 equals 7?" In other words, what do you add to 1 to get 7? We start by converting this word problem into an equation where "What" is what we want to solve:

What + 1 = 7

To solve this equation, we first add -1 to each side of the equal sign like this:

What + 1 - 1 = 7 - 1

Then, we do the calculation to get the answer to "What plus 1 equals 7?" as follows:

What = 6

The answer to "What plus 1 equals 7?" is 6. You know this answer is correct because 6 plus 1 equals 7.

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