What plus 6 equals 4?

This is how to calculate "What plus 6 equals 4?" In other words, what do you add to 6 to get 4? We start by converting this word problem into an equation where "What" is what we want to solve:

What + 6 = 4

To solve this equation, we first add -6 to each side of the equal sign like this:

What + 6 - 6 = 4 - 6

Then, we do the calculation to get the answer to "What plus 6 equals 4?" as follows:

What = -2

The answer to "What plus 6 equals 4?" is -2. You know this answer is correct because -2 plus 6 equals 4.

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