| Yet even as we rely on numbers, we are bedeviled by innumeracy, the mathematical equivalent of illiteracy. |
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| Let's call it a typo rather than an admission of my own innumeracy. |
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| There is a lack of the very foundations for such lifelong learning because of illiteracy and innumeracy in SADC member countries. |
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| It is 10 years since the last government introduced its Skills for Life strategy to tackle high levels of functional illiteracy and innumeracy. |
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| The basic deprivation of illiteracy and innumeracy is, thus, an extreme case of insecurity. |
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| I won't say that this reporter is biased, but there is this problem of the innumeracy of the press, which has also exhibited itself elsewhere during this episode. |
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| To state the obvious, anyone who has reached the noble goal of mastering mathematics, must have conquered along the way the common malady of innumeracy. |
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| The fact that more than 90 per cent of Canadian dropouts leave before completing their 10th year of school helps to maintain the appalling incidence of illiteracy and innumeracy in Canada. |
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| The man suffered from innumeracy stemming from a brain injury, and depended on his wife for all financial matters, no matter how trivial. |
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| There is also a challenge with what is known as innumeracy, the struggle many people have understanding numbers, particularly probabilities. |
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| In addition to displaying an economic incompetence that borders on innumeracy, these matters also raise questions about honesty and judgement. |
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| It also suggested that innumeracy is even more widespread. Recent research suggests that, if anything, the Moser report was erring on the conservative side. |
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| Everyone accuses everyone else of bad faith, basic innumeracy and, in some cases, black ops. Local objections focus on the trains that would carry coal to the Gateway Pacific Terminal. |
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| The discount is by far the better proposition, but the supposedly clever students viewed them as equivalent. Studies have shown other ways in which retailers can exploit consumers' innumeracy. |
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| Another prerequisite for the region concerns the eradication of illiteracy and innumeracy, and the systemic build-up of vocational and technical skills along the entire spectrum of the national production system. |
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| It outlines plans to expand workplace learning, and to increase funding for the Workplace Basic Education Fund aimed at tackling illiteracy and innumeracy problems. |
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| Illiteracy and innumeracy rates are high, and repressive social values are embedded in the culture. |
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