Quantitative+Literacy

Quantitative Literacy has a particular significance and interpretations in our fast-changing, information-dense, high-technology global society. In this context, quantitative literacy includes the ability to estimate and judge precision of numbers (e.g., the size of the national debt), the ability to quantitatively understand hte make decisions through voting and elections (e.g., the merits of preferential voting to fairly decide elections), and an understanding of the basic mathematics needed for informed Internet use (e.g., searching strategies and secure e-commerce transactions). The essential topics in the Quantitative LIteracy stand are:

Number Operations and Properties Systematic Counting Social Decision Making Mathematics of Information Processing and the Internet

Grades 9-12