noun
numeracy
Numeracy (noun) means Skill with numbers.
noun
1
Skill with numbers.
2
The ability to understand mathematics well enough to use it in everyday, practical situations.
"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"."
"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
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."
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Etymology
Formed from numerate and -cy, numerate itself going back to Latin numerus; the word was coined together with numerate in 1959 by the UK Committee on Education, chaired by Sir Geoffrey Crowther.
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What is the meaning of numeracy?
"numeracy" (noun) means skill with numbers.
What are the different meanings of numeracy?
"numeracy" has 3 main meanings: 1. Skill with numbers; 2. The ability to understand mathematics well enough to use it in everyday, practical situations; 3. Ability to manipulate numbers at all, even for the simplest of arithmetic, such as adding two and two.
