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
  • calculate future prices based on current interest rates and other market factors
    
    
• scheduling OR budgeting and accounting math (managing time and money as resources, planning and monitoring their use, assessing best value, reducing waste)
  • maintain 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 centimeters)
  • take measurements from scale drawings
  • take precise measurements using specialized equipment (e.g.) a tape measure, a scale
  • make indirect measurements using geometry and trigonometry
  • measure curved or irregular surfaces
  • measure an angle
  • calculate amounts required (e.g.) the number of tiles required for a floor
  • calculate areas, perimeters, volumes
  • calculate total load weights
  • calculate a percentage
  • calculate a trajectory
  • calculate ratio, average, rate, proportion
  • use scientific notation, powers, roots
  • use formulae, equations, algebraic problems