Table 1:
Numerate behavior and its five facets

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Numerate behavior involves:

1. managing a situation or solving a problem in a real context:
   everyday life
   work
   societal
   further learning
2. by responding:
   identifying or locating
   acting upon:
   • order/sort
   • count
   • estimate
   • compute
   • measure
   • model
   interpreting
   communicating about
3. to information about mathematical ideas:
   quantity and number
   dimension and shape
   pattern and relationships
   data and chance
   change
4. that is represented in a range of ways:
   objects and pictures
   numbers and symbols
   formulae
   diagrams and maps
   graphs
   tables
   texts
5. and requires activation of a range of enabling knowledge,
   factors, and processes:
   mathematical knowledge and understanding
   mathematical problem-solving skills
   literacy skills
   beliefs and attitudes.