Only "7","0","+"allowed

Logic Level 3

A malfunction calculator can only perform calculation using \("7", "0"\) and \("+"\) keys. That means number such as \("77707"\) could still be keyed-in for the addition operation. What is the least number of times that the \("7"\) key must be used in the addition process to view \("222222"\) on its screen?

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