numerate

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Improvements in K-14 education to get every child literate, numerate, graduating from high school and, where possible, into at least community college, the military or technical training.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 9, 2024

He said the new qualification would ensure children leave school "literate and numerate".

From BBC • Oct. 4, 2023

But Danish workers at the 20th percentile are high school graduates who are literate and numerate.

From New York Times • May 8, 2020

The less numerate, however, rely more on compelling stories and emotional reactions in decisions rather than the hard facts.

From Washington Post • Sep. 27, 2019

Many of the counter-intuitive results cited in this book are psychological tricks similar to the above, which can induce a kind of innumeracy in even the most numerate.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos