numeracy
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numeracy
- /ˈnjuːməɹəsi/ UK
Where it comes from
From numerate + -cy, from Latin numerus; coined with numerate in 1959 by the UK Committee on Education, presided over by Sir Geoffrey Crowther.
noun numeracies
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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.
Opposite: innumeracy, dyscalculia
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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.
Opposite: innumeracy, dyscalculia
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noun numerical skill
| 中文 | 計算能力 /计算能力 jìsuàn nénglì |
|---|---|
| Français | numératie |
| Deutsch | Rechenkompetenz |
| Italiano | abilità di calcolo, abilità numerica |
| Русский | уме́ние счита́ть uménije sčitátʹ, математи́ческая гра́мотность matematíčeskaja grámotnostʹ, числова́я гра́мотность čislovája grámotnostʹ |
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