Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
11.0
Points
10.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
45952
Points per Word
0.000218
Page Count
180
Points per Page
0.055556
Description
This book presents a discussion of innumeracy, the inability to deal comfortably with the fundamental notions of number and chance, and looks at the consequences of mathematical illiteracy as seen in stock scams, diet claims, and other scenarios.