Template:Did you know nominations/Numeracy

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The result was: rejected by Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:50, 6 April 2012 (UTC)
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• ... that similar to literacy, simple numeracy skills have evolved over time as an essential ability for the survival of mankind?

Created/expanded by Mr. Anders (talk). Self nom at 16:04, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

• After removing lists, headings and block quotes, I get an expansion from about 7300 characters to about 11,800. Although this is a significant expansion, it is less than 2x expansion, well short of the 5x expansion required for DYK. Rlendog (talk) 21:31, 5 April 2012 (UTC)