Basic Skills for Mathematical LiteracyThis guide has been developed for the Department of Education by Brombacherand Associates.

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Basic Skills forMathematicalLiteracy

CONTENTS

1 Numbers ..................................................................... 12 Patterns and Relationships ....................................... 1033 Space, Shape and Orientation ................................... 1334 Solutions ................................................................. 177