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

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

From BBC

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

It’s harder-edged, more numerate and more closely connected to the floods, fires and December tornadoes that have upended millions of people’s lives.

From New York Times

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

From New York Times