TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for /: 'str' and 'int'

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TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for /: 'str' and 'int' - enderfran2006 - Oct-01-2020

I am confused to why this doesnt work. Can anyone help?
This is the code

number1 = input("What was the temperature on Monday?")
number2 = input("What was the temperature on Tuesday?")
number3 = input("What was the temperature on Wednesday?")
number4 = input("What was the temperature on Thursday?")
number5 = input("What was the temperature on Friday?")
number6 = input("What was the temperature on Saturday?")
number7 = input("What was the temperature on Sunday?")

total = number1+number2+number3+number4+number5+number6+number7 /7
print("the average temperature was", total, ".")

This is the error

Error:Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\Franek\Desktop\Python\Practise of My Skills\temp.py", line 9, in <module>
    total = number1+number2+number3+number4+number5+number6+number7 /7
TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for /: 'str' and 'int'

RE: What? - buran - Oct-01-2020

input will return str you need to convert it to float or int using some built-in function in order to do calculations
then read on operator precedence