numeracy — English Dictionary

Noun

1. Numerical skill. Competence with mathematics and with how to apply it to practical applications; sufficient ability to think critically in a quantitative way.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Antonyms

   innumeracydyscalculia

   Broader terms

   competence

   Examples

   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.

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   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".

2. Numerical skill. Ability to manipulate numbers at all, even for the simplest of arithmetic, such as adding two and two.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Antonyms

   innumeracydyscalculia

   Broader terms

   competence

   Examples

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   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.

Noun

1. skill with numbers and mathematics

   Broader terms

   skillaccomplishmentacquirementacquisitionattainment