Crossword clues for numeracy
numeracy
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
numeracy \numeracy\ n. skill with numbers and mathematics; -- the skill with numbers analogous to literacy, the skill of reading.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. The quality of being numerate; numerical skill.
WordNet
n. skill with numbers and mathematics
Wikipedia
Numeracy is the ability to reason and to apply simple numerical concepts. Basic numeracy skills consist of comprehending fundamental arithmetics like addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. For example, if one can understand simple mathematical equations such as, 2 + 2 = 4, then one would be considered possessing at least basic numeric knowledge. Substantial aspects of numeracy also include number sense, operation sense, computation, measurement, geometry, probability and statistics. A numerically literate person can manage and respond to the mathematical demands of life.
By contrast, innumeracy (the lack of numeracy) can have a negative impact. Numeracy has an influence on career decisions, and risk perception towards health decisions. For example, innumeracy distorts risk perception towards health decisions and may negatively affect economic choices. "Greater numeracy has been associated with reduced susceptibility to framing effects, less influence of nonnumerical information such as mood states, and greater sensitivity to different levels of numerical risk".
Usage examples of "numeracy".
It also means that, in a time when there was no numeracy or literacy, an intellectual elite existed within the stone age communities and, somehow, gleaned the knowledge to measure the megalithic yard and to chart planetary movements.
They will assemble mountains of facts about housing, rents, hygiene, income, population, literacy and numeracy, crime, fire, and the number of children, aged and slaves in every family.
This, combined with their lack of numeracy skills, made it impossible to establish measurements accurately.
Although this exercise was one of the most tedious and time-consuming aspects of our work, it was invaluable in giving us a clear and detailed picture of how well, or otherwise, schools in the county were doing, what were the issues which needed to be addressed and whether standards, particularly in literacy and numeracy, were rising or falling.
He was teaching numeracy to some of the younger stableboys and the ugly menial.
People down here had a lot of trouble keeping their children fed, and one guaranteed free meal a day, at the trifling cost of lessons in rudimentary literacy and numeracy, was a small price to pay.
I disagreed with Chris Woodhead, then the Chief Inspector of Schools, who argued that the teaching of literacy and numeracy was a sufficient basis for adult life.
I must report to the education department and take a reading, writing and numeracy test.
A federal agency would set national goals for literacy, numeracy, and general knowledge, and it would establish standards for teacher training and for facilities.
Libraries have undergone a transformation from literacy to numeracy, their leather-bound tomes of philosophy and history replaced by ledgers and records.