Numeracy
[NOOM-ə-rə-si]
Part of speech: noun
Origin: Latin, 20th century
1.
The ability to understand and work with numbers.
Examples of Numeracy in a sentence
"John developed his numeracy by balancing the books for his father’s business."
"Many students have a harder time developing numeracy than they do developing literacy."
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