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Vinony

numeracy

noun

  1. ability to basically reason about numbers, use them to perform tasks, and do arthrithmetic
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈnjuːməɹəsi/

noun

Etymology: From numerate + -cy, from Latin numerus; coined with numerate in 1959 by the UK Committee on Education, presided over by Sir Geoffrey Crowther.

  1. 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.”

    “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.

    “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.”