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taken from: http://news.com.com/2061-11199_3-6029652.html

Twenty percent of U.S. college students graduating from 4-year colleges don't have the skills to handle tasks like estimating whether their car has enough gas, or calculating the total cost of ordering office supplies, a new study has found.

A study funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts surveyed 1,827 graduating students from eight randomly selected two and four year schools. they tested them on three types of literacy: performing basic computations; understanding documents like job applications; and comprehending news articles or instructional materials.

"The surprisingly weak quantitative literacy ability of many college graduates is troubling," Stephane Baldi, who directed the study, said in a release. "A knowledgeable workforce is vital to cope with the increasing demands of the global marketplace."

This scares me. Are those people not our future? i don't want our country to be run by people who cant even calculate the cost of office supplies. OOPS!!! Too late....