What plus 5 equals 53?

This is how to calculate "What plus 5 equals 53?" In other words, what do you add to 5 to get 53? We start by converting this word problem into an equation where "What" is what we want to solve:

What + 5 = 53

To solve this equation, we first add -5 to each side of the equal sign like this:

What + 5 - 5 = 53 - 5

Then, we do the calculation to get the answer to "What plus 5 equals 53?" as follows:

What = 48

The answer to "What plus 5 equals 53?" is 48. You know this answer is correct because 48 plus 5 equals 53.

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