• refers to using numbers and thinking in quantitative terms.

Numeracy is an Essential Skill that all Casino employees need to:

• Count cash in opening and closing balances and customer transactions.
• Estimate time required to complete tasks.
• Estimate crowd flow.
• Read shift schedule that is Military Time (24-hour clock).

Specific Applications in Gaming

• Casino Bank Cashier calculate cash and “cash-like” items such as chips, tokens, gift receipts and slot machine cash-out slips
• Promotions & Event Planners estimate the amount of customers who will attend a Slot Tournament.
• Cooks convert imperial to metric measurements back and forth in the Casino recipes.
• Housekeeping Attendants use ratios when mixing cleaning solutions and compounds.
• Facility Technicians estimate the amount of material required to re-carpet the casino entrance area.
• Retail Cashiers calculate discounts on casino-related merchandise.
• Security Supervisors calculate mileage and gas consumption on the Security patrol vehicles.
• Slot Attendants calculate jackpot payouts.
• Table Game Dealers calculate winnings according to placement of chips, betting odds and values assigned to chips.
• Uniform Technicians measure materials for altering or repairing uniforms.
• Warehouse Clerks estimate the weight of the stock for shipping and receiving and the area the stock will take up in the warehouse.