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Mon 09 Sep 201040% of Irish have difficulty with numeracy
SOME 40 per cent of Irish people have difficulty with everyday maths calculations, according to research published today.
Researchers asked 1,000 adults two maths questions taken from the primary school curriculum, and also presented them with four basic calculations which people would be required to do on a daily basis. Four out of 10 of those surveyed got half or all of the questions wrong.
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