Eliana is playing a card game with her cousins. At the start of the turn,she had -12 points. On this turn ,she gets 7 points. Write an expression that shows how to find her current score.

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To find Eliana's current score, you can write the expression that adds the points she earned this turn to her score at the start of the turn.

Her starting score is -12, and she gains 7 points. The expression is:

\[ -12 + 7 \]

This expression can be simplified to find her current score.