1. What are the things you don’t like about maths?
What do you like about maths?
What is maths for you?
Questions

2. Numeracy or Quantitative literacy or Quantitative Reasoning
MATH 10

3. It's the ability to use mathematics in everyday life.
Numeracy

4. Our confidence and ability with numbers impacts us financially, socially, and professionally.
Numeracy

5. Examples Giving correct change Weighing and measuring
Using spreadsheets
Understanding data
Examples

6. Working out how many minutes until our train arrives
Examples

7. Examples Increasing a recipe to serve extra guests
Setting and keeping to a budget, and understanding the financial implications of borrowing money
Examples

8. Examples Measuring medicine doses
Playing board and puzzle games with children
Helping children with homework
Examples

9. Examples Making sense of statistics and graphs in the news

10. Mind: Study/review
Body: Apply maths in everyday life
USE IT!
Heart: Be comfortable with it, don’t be afraid
How?

11. Signs Interpret data, charts and diagrams Process information
Quantitatively Literate Citizenry means the members of the community are able to:
Interpret data, charts and diagrams
Process information
Solve problems
Check answers
Understand and explain solutions
Make decisions based on logical thinking and reasoning
Signs

12. Speed in solving problems has an advantage (efficiency)
But correctness is often more important
Is speed important?

13. The digital age puts a new premium on numeracy skills than ever before.
Computers can do the maths for us, but we need good numeracy in order to use them effectively.
Increasing challenge

14. To do: Interview two of your friends and ask the questions.
What are the things you don’t like about maths?
What do you like about maths?
What is maths for you?
To do: Interview two of your friends and ask the questions.