* Test yourself
Students entering secondary school should be able to answer these questions, according to University of Auckland maths lecturer Peter Hughes.
Use your brain (and not a calculator) to tackle these sums and see if your numeracy sizes up.
1: 69.9 x 60.08 is closest to:
Peter Hughes says our increasing 'inverse pride' at not being good at maths sends a terrible message to kids. Photo / Martin Sykes
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