What plus 15 equals 96?

This is how to calculate "What plus 15 equals 96?" In other words, what do you add to 15 to get 96? We start by converting this word problem into an equation where "What" is what we want to solve:

What + 15 = 96

To solve this equation, we first add -15 to each side of the equal sign like this:

What + 15 - 15 = 96 - 15

Then, we do the calculation to get the answer to "What plus 15 equals 96?" as follows:

What = 81

The answer to "What plus 15 equals 96?" is 81. You know this answer is correct because 81 plus 15 equals 96.

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