[ noun ] skill with numbers and mathematics <noun.cognition>
numeracy \numeracy\ n. skill with numbers and mathematics; -- the skill with numbers analogous to {literacy}, the skill of reading. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
It would help, though, if they confessed to just a little numeracy. The Beveridge report is filled with sums.
It is closely focused on basic skills such as literacy and numeracy.
These mirror schemes to improve literacy in the US. He pointed to the unit's finding that poor literacy and numeracy correlate strongly with poor basic skills in parents.