en.javascript.info/1-js/4-data-structures/2-number/1-sum-interface/solution.md

let a = +prompt("The first number?", "");
let b = +prompt("The second number?", "");

alert( a + b );

Note the unary plus + before prompt. It immediately converts the value to a number.

Otherwise, a and b would be string their sum would be their concatenation, that is: "1" + "2" = "12".