please help me I dont understand A number is less than or equal to - 7 or greater than 12.

To translate the sentence as an inequality, we have:
[tex]x\leq-7,x>12[/tex]Since the number is less or equal ( < = ) we use this symbol to represent it as inequality, and greater than using the symbol ( > ).
Then, we can answer the question as:
x < = -7 or x > 12.