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Declension of nouns in accusative and dative

Yet one more declension

See the following sentence:
Ich gebe dem Studenten den Kuli. (I give the student the pen.)
"Studenten" can't be a plural noun here becasue its article is "dem". It is clearly dative, singular masculine noun. Then what is this ending "-en"?

Some masculine nouns add ending "-en" or "-n" in accusative and dative cases. These are:

• Nouns that end in "-ent", for example, "der Student" changes into "dem Studenten", "der Assistent" changes into "dem Assistenten" .
• Nouns that end in "-e", for example, "der Junge" (boy) changes into "dem Jungen" , "der Name" changes into "dem Namen" , "die Leute" (people) changes into "den Leuten" .
  We have seen an example of "den Leuten" in previous chapter i.e. du lieferst den Leuten die Pizzen.
• Some other nouns with no specific endings like "der Herr" (Mr.) changes into "dem Herrn" and "der Mensch" (human, person) changes into "dem Menschen" .

Examples

Sie erzählt einem Jungen eine Geschichte. (She tells a boy a story.)

Ich erzähle Herrn Meier die Wahrheit. (I tell the truth to Mr. Meier.)

Ich erkläre dem Menschen das Problem. (I explain the problem to that person.)
As the demonstrative pronouns are same as definite articles, so "dem" can have meanings of "the" and "that".

Similarly all the examples with definite articles from the last chapter can have two meanings:

Ich zeige der Frau das Auto.
(I show the car to the woman.)
(I show the car to that woman.)

Ich schicke dem Mann ein Geschenk.
(I send the man a gift.)
(I send that man a gift.)

Ich kaufe der Frau das Brot.
(I buy the woman the bread.)
(I buy that woman the bread.)