numeracy
Mathematical reasoning ability
Numeracy is basic competence with numbers—the mathematical equivalent of literacy.
It includes understanding arithmetic, interpreting data, and applying quantitative reasoning in everyday situations: The program aims to improve numeracy among adult learners.
Someone with strong numeracy can read a graph, calculate a tip, or evaluate statistics in a news article.
Joining quantities mathematically
- subtractionRemoving quantities mathematically
- multiplicationProduct-finding operation
- divisionSplitting into parts
- fractionsParts expressed numerically
decimals · percentages · ratios · mental math · estimation · rounding · place value · operations
Standard measures of quantity
- conversionAct of changing states
- metricStandard of measurement
- imperialRelating to supreme rule
- lengthMeasure of extent
weight · volume · area · time · temperature · scale · estimation · precision
Educational program's content plan
- pedagogyArt of instruction
- teachingProfession of instructing others
- learningGaining knowledge gradually
- instructionGuidance for action
proficiency · skills · assessment · tutoring · classroom · students · development · comprehension
Allocating funds systematically
- interestAttention, stake, or fee
- percentagesFractions of a hundred
- taxationCompulsory government revenue collection
- accountingMaintaining financial records
debt · savings · investment · credit · inflation · compound interest · mortgage · currency
Quantified chance of occurrence
- dataFacts for analysis
- graphingPlotting data visually
- chartsVisual data displays
- averagesCentral tendency measures
mean · median · mode · sampling · surveys · risk assessment · odds · frequency
Acquiring goods at retailers
- recipesInstructions for preparing dishes
- schedulesPlanned sequences of events
- timekeepingMeasuring duration's passage
- directionsGuidance for reaching somewhere
map reading · fuel economy · calorie counting · DIY projects · travel planning · comparison shopping · batch cooking · home improvement
addition
Joining quantities mathematically
- subtractionRemoving quantities mathematically
- multiplicationProduct-finding operation
- divisionSplitting into parts
fractions · decimals · percentages · ratios · mental math · estimation · rounding · place value · operations · sums
units
Standard measures of quantity
- conversionAct of changing states
- metricStandard of measurement
- imperialRelating to supreme rule
length · weight · volume · area · time · temperature · scale · estimation · precision · accuracy
curriculum
Educational program's content plan
- pedagogyArt of instruction
- teachingProfession of instructing others
- learningGaining knowledge gradually
instruction · proficiency · skills · assessment · tutoring · classroom · students · development · comprehension · fluency
budgeting
Allocating funds systematically
- interestAttention, stake, or fee
- percentagesFractions of a hundred
- taxationCompulsory government revenue collection
accounting · debt · savings · investment · credit · inflation · compound interest · mortgage · currency · tipping
probability
Quantified chance of occurrence
averages · mean · median · mode · sampling · surveys · risk assessment · odds · frequency · distribution
shopping
Acquiring goods at retailers
- recipesInstructions for preparing dishes
- schedulesPlanned sequences of events
- timekeepingMeasuring duration's passage
directions · map reading · fuel economy · calorie counting · DIY projects · travel planning · comparison shopping · batch cooking · home improvement · gardening
- Education ServicesIEP, teacher training, 504 plan, school improvement, accommodations
- school readinesskindergarten, kindergarten screening, preschool readiness, readiness, school readiness
- common knowledgegeneral knowledge, trivia, common sense, proverbs, sayings
- elementary schoolclassroom, student, first grade teacher, reading skills, teacher
- math skillsarithmetic, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division
- schoolingelementary school, school, middle school, high school, primary schools
- Roman numeralsAlphabetic number system
- Arabic numeralsDecimal notation system
- numeral systemMethod of writing quantities
numeral, enumerate, innumerable, enumeration, numerate, numerals, enumerated, numerator, enumerating