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    Math Definitions -> N -> Number Sense

 Number Sense


A person's ability to use and understand numbers:

* knowing their relative values,
* how to use them to make judgements,
* how to use them in flexible ways when adding, subtracting, multiplying or dividing
* how to develop useful strategies when counting, measuring or estimating.