Poor numeracy 'blights the economy and ruins lives'
Mar 3, 2012 - launched to champion better maths skills. The group, National Numeracy, says millions of people struggle to understand a payslip or a train.
The origin of this concept and its initial objectives has been discussed by numerous authors, including Hartley. (2005), Pratt (2005), O'Connor (2007) and Hesmondhalgh (2007a). Debate surrounded these objectives, because renewing the prestige of the
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