The key phrase is ... more than ... This indicates that we should add two things.
... + ...
The two terms that we are adding together are 7 and 11 times a number. Because of the phrase 7 more than, we should put 7 on the right-hand side of the addition.
11times a number+7
The phrase 11 times a number tells us that we are multiplying 11 by a number. When we say a number, this indicates an arbitrarynumber or a variable. Let's call this number x.
11 * x ⇒ 11 x
When multiplying a number by a variable, we can omit the multiplication sign. Then we have 11x. Now we can write the full expression.
7 more than 11 timesa number
11 x + 7
Note that this is only one of multiple ways to algebraically express the given verbal expression.
