numeracy

About 0.26 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. 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.

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

   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.

3. noun Ability to manipulate numbers at all, even for the simplest of arithmetic, such as adding two and two.

   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.

Similar words

calculating calculated calculus calculation math compute computation compter calculate computational

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Word family

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