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

A 2012 global study of the math skills of 16-to-65-year-olds found that American adults were less numerate than adults in most other developed countries.

From Washington Post • Nov. 12, 2021

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

From New York Times • May 8, 2020

Of course, this aspect of mathematics isn’t very well known even to the numerate, since it’s necessary to have some mathematical ideas first before you can play around with them.

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