Resources for adults
Join The Big Number Natter! Talking about maths makes it a little less scary. However you feel, you're not alone. Check out our tips and real-life number natters below.
This year's National Numeracy Day is focused on money, and improving our money management starts with having the confidence to look at the numbers. Use the resources on this page to start building your number confidence.
Making the Most of Your Money
Check out our Big Number Natter Live event for National Numeracy Day.
'Making the Most of Your Money' featured a panel of money experts giving their top tips and taking questions from both the live and online audience. The event was held in Tower Hamlets, London, and livestreamed on our website and YouTube channel.
Grab your free Number Natter resources
Talking points
Tips for talking to adults about maths
Confidence building resources
If you're not feeling quite ready to 'natter about numbers', we've got some additional tips and resources that you can use in your own time to build your number confidence.
Check them out and share them with anyone who you think might find them useful.
6 Tips For Overcoming Maths Anxiety
5 tips for getting confident with maths at work
Mr MoneyJar's 6 Tips For Money Management
Iona Bain's Tips for Feeling Better About Numbers with Dyscalculia
5 Day Habit Tracker
Watch these Number Natters
- ADHD - Ishraq Li-Rahman and Roné Scheepers from National Numeracy talk about how ADHD affects their relationships with numbers.
- SEND - Performing Arts students from Derwen College, a specialist college for young adults with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), talk about how maths fits into their vocational work and life.
Real life stories
However you feel about maths and numbers, you're not alone. Read the stories and experiences of people we work with.
Can you see yourself in some of these stories? People of different ages and backgrounds have overcome their anxieties about numbers and maths. You can too! Take a look...
What is the Big Number Natter?
The Big Number Natter is a nationwide conversation about numbers for National Numeracy Day. From famous faces to the man on the No73 bus...everyone can join in, just like our team at National Numeracy did.
Find out more about The Big Number Natter and why you should get involved
If you do one thing, do this...
However you feel about maths, you’re not alone. The National Numeracy Challenge is a free and easy-to-use website you can use to improve your confidence with numbers, in your own time and at your own pace.
It’s ideal for brushing up, checking your level, or for catching up on learning you missed, and it’s all about the maths you need in daily life and at work – no algebra or trigonometry.
