Numeracy is the knowledge, skills, behaviours and dispositions that students need in order to use mathematics in a wide range of situations. It involves recognising and understanding the role of mathematics in the world and having the dispositions and capacities to use mathematical knowledge and skills purposefully. (Literacy and numeracy strategy version 2).Number, measurement and geometry, statistics and probability are common aspects of most people’s mathematical experience in everyday personal, study and work situations. Equally important are the essential roles that algebra, functions and relations, logic, mathematical structure and working mathematically play in people’s understanding of the natural and human worlds, and the interaction between them. On this page Why numeracy is important Numeracy across the curriculum Early childhood numeracy and mathematics resource Resources ReferencesWhy numeracy is importantA child's first years are a time of rapid learning and development....
