To express "five times the sum of a number and seven" mathematically, you can use the following steps:
- Let the number be represented by the variable \( x \).
- The sum of the number and seven can be expressed as \( x + 7 \).
- To find five times this sum, you multiply the expression by 5.
Putting it all together, you get:
\[ 5(x + 7) \]
This expression represents five times the sum of a number and seven.