numeracy
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5ADJ.
all, basic, lost
VERB + NUMERACY
consider
NUMERACY + NOUN
innumeracy, things
PREP.
in
ADV.
such
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noun
Numerical skill.
John Allen Paulos and others have asked our society to consider numeracy and innumeracy in a way closer to how we view literacy and illiteracy.
Numeracy includes such things as comprehending intuitively that a mean can sometimes be vastly different from a median and thus does not always represent a typical specimen, even despite being called "average".
Numerical skill.
The man lost all numeracy when he had a stroke, so he now depended on his wife for even the simplest financial matters, such as making change or paying a cashier.
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4John Allen Paulos and others have asked our society to consider numeracy and innumeracy in a way closer to how we view literacy and illiteracy.
WiktionaryNumeracy includes such things as comprehending intuitively that a mean can sometimes be vastly different from a median and thus does not always represent a typical specimen, even despite being called
WiktionaryThe man lost all numeracy when he had a stroke, so he now depended on his wife for even the simplest financial matters, such as making change or paying a cashier.
WiktionaryMany new teachers feel ill-prepared to teach basic literacy and numeracy.
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