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Skill with numbers and mathematics
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numeracy
Word definitions for numeracy in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in 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 ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The quality of being numerate; numerical skill.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. skill with numbers and mathematics
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
numeracy \numeracy\ n. skill with numbers and mathematics; -- the skill with numbers analogous to literacy , the skill of reading.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Basic numeracy and literacy are often all that are required. ▪ Contrast this with concern among teachers and parents over levels of literacy and numeracy . ▪ Experience in the use of computer modelling is highly desirable and ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1957, from numerate (adj.), from Latin numeratus "counted out," from numerus "a number" (see number (n.)) on model of literacy , etc.
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.