People with Level 1 Literacy can:

Locate one piece of information in a sports article

Locate the expiration date on a driver’s license

Total a bank deposit entry

People with Level 2 Literacy can:

Interpret appliance warranty instructions

Locate an intersection on a street map

Calculate postage and fees when using certified mail

People with Level 3 Literacy can:

Write a brief letter to explain a credit card billing error

Use a bus schedule to choose the correct bus to take to get to work on time

Determine the discount on a car insurance bill if paid in full within 15 days

People with Level 4 Literacy can:

Explain the difference between two types of benefits at work

Calculate the correct change when given prices on a menu

People with Level 5 Literacy can:

Compare and summarize different approaches lawyers use during a trial

Use information in a table to compare two credit cards and explain the differences

Compute the cost to carpet a room in a house

[–] szczuroarturo@programming.dev 16 points 1 year ago

A lot of them seem to be mathematical questions

[–] Waraugh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 year ago

Damn, I’m fairly dumb but I think I could put this on my resume, I’m a lot higher in literacy than I expected.

[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

i can't interpret warranty instructions, but I've done the credit card thing. I also found the phones from the manufacturer that were compatable with my non-international telecommunications service. (I got the first Sony waterproof release in the age of ricepacks)

So I'm... esoteric.

[–] _dev_null@lemmy.zxcvn.xyz 4 points 1 year ago

I saw that warranty one and was like, welp, I'm already in trouble.

Then I got down to the lawyer one, and was like hey only lawyers can understand lawyers in court. A lawyer I am not.

[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 3 points 1 year ago

Oh good catch. Will edit.

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