Numeracy
From Wikinfo
Numeracy is the ability to understand mathematical or statistical phenomena, whether in a technical context or in everyday life. The term is by analogy with literacy. Innumeracy is a lack of numeracy.
The MegaPenny Project has some great visualizations of large numbers in the form of the volume that number of pennies would occupy. They are located at: http://www.kokogiak.com/megapenny/default.asp
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- Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Numeracy" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numeracy, used under the GNU Free Documentation License
