numerate

Example Sentences

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He said an “anti-maths mindset” had made Britain one of the least numerate nations in the developed world.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 17, 2023

Rishi Sunak said the UK was one of the least numerate countries in the developed world in a speech championing maths.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2023

He continued to speak of the many graduates “not nearly literate or numerate enough to identify the main idea of a reading passage or to perform basic computations.”

From Washington Post • Feb. 18, 2022

When we underinvest in our own human capital, when so many Americans are only marginally literate or numerate or suffer from ill health or dependencies, then our entire country suffers.

From New York Times • Jan. 18, 2020

In addition to being wise to the problem of selfselected samples, the numerate consumer should also understand the related problem of the selfselected study.

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