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Different isotopes of an element have different mass numbers because they have different numbers of what?

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Different isotopes of an element have different mass numbers because they have different numbers of what?

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neutrons

An atoms mass number is its mass in atomic mass units  amu , which is about equal to the total number of protons and neutrons in the atom. Different isotopes of an element have different mass numbers because they have different numbers of neutrons.

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