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In this episode, April outs herself as being "bad at math;" but after researching, writing, and publishing this episode, she's taken a vow to become more numerate. You should, too! Listen to the episode to find out how.

Episode 46 Show Notes

Bio of British economist Geoffrey Crowther: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Crowther,_Baron_Crowther

A great article about the history of innumeracy (honestly I don't know what "captive board" refers to): https://www.captive.com/articles/how-numerate-is-your-board-the-case-for-captive-board-numeracy

Here's the link to the download for Paulos' book on innumeracy: https://jirsresourcecentre.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/innumeracy.pdf

The OECD's discussion of numeracy skills among Americans: https://www.oecd.org/en/topics/adult-numeracy-skills.html

How many students need to take remedial math classes? Lots of them. I disagree, however, with the idea that the cure for this is to no longer require algebra courses in higher education, although something definitely needs to change: https://washingtonmonthly.com/2026/02/26/almost-no-one-needs-college-algebra-anymore/

Martin Gardner's home page: https://martin-gardner.org/#:~:text=First%20and%20last%2C%20he%20was,people%20all%20over%20the%20world

Math anxiety explained: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6087017/

Discalculia: https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/23949-dyscalculia

Gender differences in math performance: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2138794/

The crazy story of the GoFundMe project to build the wall: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Build_the_Wall

Why people misunderstand probability: https://untamedscience.com/blog/why-humans-are-bad-at-understanding-probability-and-what-science-says-about-it/

Diego Ribiero's excellent Medium article: https://neverforget-1975.medium.com/innumeracy-8b2112c5787b

A review of Innumeracy in the Wild: https://newbooksnetwork.com/innumeracy-in-the-wild

Plane vs. car accidents: https://www.fellermanlaw.com/blog/is-flying-safer-than-driving/

Career Addict article about becoming more numerate: https://www.careeraddict.com/develop-numerical-skills

Khan Academy website: www.khanacademy.org

Duolingo website: https://www.duolingo.com/math

Tablet Class Math YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/tabletclass

Financial Literacy Resource Directory: https://www.occ.gov/topics/consumers-and-communities/community-affairs/resource-directories/financial-literacy/index-financial-literacy-resource-directory.html

The UK's National Numeracy Challenge page: https://www.nationalnumeracy.org.uk/