1. NUMERACY

2. To support your understanding of the Literacy and Numeracy demands in your workplace and how they relate to the ability and efficiency of your employees to…
get the job done!

3. Introduction: Numeracy
This set of guides will support you to see what your employees are able to cope with in terms of their ability to:
Read with understanding
Write to communicate
Listen with understanding
Speak to communicate
Make sense of numbers
In relation to the demands in the workplace, for example:
Documentation, e.g., Payslips
Forms, e.g., Hazard Reporting
Tasks, e.g., SOPs

4. How to use the guides
Each guide is ‘subject’ based and gives an example of a workplace task/document.
The guides show you what your employees will currently be able to cope with, at each level of the Learning Progressions and explain why.
You can work through each level or go straight to the slide that relates to the literacy and numeracy skill levels of your employees (results from TEC Assessment Tool).
Please refer to the Skills Highway website for FAQs.

5. Employees’ skill levels
Your employees will do an initial assessment.
Their levels appear in a report like this example.
The results show their skills range from Step 1 (the lowest) to Step 6 (the highest).

6. MAKE SENSE OF NUMBERS TO SOLVE PROBLEMS GUIDE
The following slides detail and explain what someone can cope with, from Step 1 right through to Step 6, when it comes to:
MAKE SENSE OF NUMBERS TO SOLVE PROBLEMS
using common workplace documents

7. Use an inward goods checklist.
STEP 1
Use an inward goods checklist.
WHAT
EXAMPLES
Add, subtract, multiply and divide to solve problems
Count numbers in a sequence from 0 to at least 20
Count in 5s and/ or 10s
The employee is able to:
check what has been delivered, against the amount ordered, by counting the number of boxes on a pallet and how many pallets there are.
Inwards Checklist
Date
Employee Name
Product
Number of pallets
Number of boxes on the pallet
Check
Any damages?
Please tick
Bleach 5 10
Detergent
Toilet rolls 1 6
Handsoaps 2 20

8. STEP 2 Use a workplace order sheet WHAT EXAMPLES
Count back in ones and tens
Work out x 2 by counting 2, 4, 6, 8, 10
Work out 6 x 2 by counting 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12
Work out parts of whole numbers into equal parts e.g., 1/3 of 12
Order numbers from 1 – 100
Count in 2, 5 and 10 to 100
Add single digit numbers
The employee is able to:
take stock by counting in 2s, 5s and 10s of current supply in order to know how much to order
work out the order may include part boxes, e.g., 1/3 of 12 or half a box.
G.S.T $

9. Use a recipe/mixing chemicals
Ingredients 12
cupcakes
24 cupcakes
white flour
2 cups
sugar
1 ½ cups
baking powder
2 ½ tsp.
salt
1 tsp.
butter or margarine
1/3 cup
milk
2/3 cup
vanilla
semi-sweet chocolate
2/3 bar
STEP 3
Use a recipe/mixing chemicals
WHAT
EXAMPLES
Work out addition and subtraction of 2 digit numbers
Know that ¾ is greater than ½
Order numbers up to 1000
Calculate with whole numbers as long as they´re not too big
Recognise fractions, decimals and percentages
The employee is able to:
follow a recipe and work out fractions of ingredients to scale up or down
mix cleaning products.

10. Use information from a payslip
STEP 4
Use information from a payslip
WHAT
EXAMPLES
Work out addition, subtraction and multiplication of 3 digit numbers without a calculator
Need support to divide bigger numbers
Work out the fraction of a number
Order decimal, percentages, fractions and whole numbers up to 1 million
The employee is able to:
budget according to income
work out an amount to save for the future
forecast for savings/Kiwisaver
apply for a personal loan.

11. Make building calculations
STEP 5
Make building calculations
WHAT
EXAMPLES
Work out addition and subtraction of decimals up to 3 decimal places
Order decimal up to 3 decimal places
Estimate multiplication of two digit numbers and use a calculator to get a more accurate answer
Multiply and divide whole numbers and decimals by 10, 100 and 1000
Convert fractions, percentages and decimals
The employee is able to:
add, subtract, multiply and divide whole numbers and decimals, e.g., when working with different sizes of materials
interpret building plans and perform accurate calculations to determine amount of materials needed.

12. STEP 6 Complete a time sheet Add, subtract, multiply and divide:
WHAT
EXAMPLES
Add, subtract, multiply and divide:
fractions with more than one part
whole numbers
decimals
The employee is able to:
work with time to record hours
work out averages.

13. Education Unlimited in developing this resource.
The Skills Highway team and the Industry Training Federation gratefully acknowledge the work of
Education Unlimited in developing this resource.