7 hours reading each week
6 hours of watching tv each week
4 hours of playing outside each week
The associative property of addititon is (a+b)+c=a+(b+c)
let 7 = a
let 6 = b
let 4 = c
so you have (7+6)+4=7+(6+4)
the two expressions are (7+6)+4 and 7+(6+4)