from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- n. The quality of being numerate; numerical skill
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. skill with numbers and mathematics; -- the skill with numbers analogous to
literacy, the skill of reading.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. skill with numbers and mathematics
‘The foundation of literacy and numeracy is being able to talk,’ said Mrs Gross.
Gaining a level 2 qualification in numeracy or literacy GREATLY improves a persons employment and promotion prospects; i have seen this first hand.
Nevertheless, the fact that they ARE having to teach literacy and numeracy is a remarkable indictment of schools.
Following that, you will need a level 3 (‘A’ level equivalent) in numeracy & literacy. and go on to achieve a level 4 teaching qualification.
Not as much information has been placed on health numeracy, which is the ability to work with basic numbers.
By the early 1800s a new invention called numeracy
American Psycho in their electronic ledger for publishing bean-counting. new author ( "only 1 left in stock!") warned about the danger of rank-watching obsessions by others less recently in print, I can attest to the importance of this kind of numeracy and the role of database thinking in writerly circles.
Made possible with £1.7 million from the Convergence European Social Fund through the Welsh Assembly Government, the unique scheme will bring together police, teachers and other education and community workers to identify those most at risk of becoming detached from the world of work (NEET, Not in Education, Employment or Training) and the best way to target the specific problems faced by each individual, including help with basic skills such as numeracy and literacy.
While disabilities often mean lower income levels and life expectancy, the commission finds that "being black and male appears to have a greater impact on levels of numeracy than being learning disabled".
In spite of these enormously favorable conditions such a gruesome failure must surely raise questions of basic competence, and numeracy.