Integrating Essential Skills into Training - National Adult Literacy ...

• the worker’s being required to think in quantitative terms
• the knowledge and skills required to effectively manage the mathematical demands of
diverse situations
• an individual’s ability to identify, to understand, to make well-founded judgements about,
and to act towards the roles that mathematics plays in dealing with the world, as needed
for that worker’s current and future life as a constructive, concerned and reflective citizen
• the confidence necessary to make effective use of whatever mathematical skill and
understanding is possessed
• the worker’s ability to manage a situation or solve a problem in a real context, to respond
to information about mathematical ideas that may be represented in a range of ways, to
activate a range of enabling behaviours and processes
Numeracy categories:
• money math (financial transactions such as handling cash, preparing bills or making
payments)
◊ enter amounts into a cash register
◊ make change
◊ handle foreign currency
◊ calculate price discounts
◊ calculate tax rates
◊ receive payment for delivery of goods
◊ total invoices
◊ calculate cargo fares
◊ complete credit card transactions
• scheduling OR budgeting and accounting math (managing time and money as resources,
planning and monitoring their use, assessing best value, reducing waste)
◊ maintain or monitor a budget
◊ make entries into financial records
◊ prepare financial reports
◊ reconcile bank statements
◊ prepare income and expenditure reports
◊ audit financial records
◊ schedule work crews
◊ compare costs
◊ prepare daily production schedules
◊ schedule appointments
• measurement and calculation math (measuring and describing the physical world)
◊ measure out quantities (e.g.) 4 litres of paint
◊ set instruments to particular numerical settings
◊ convert between measurements (inches to centimetres)
◊ take measurements from scale drawings