As part of the STEM Unit’s vision to transform Arkansas to lead the nation in student-focused and career-minded science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education, the state mathematics team supports the development of numerate students who reason and problem solve with mathematics. Quantitative literacy, or numeracy, is the ability to use numbers and solve problems in real life and is a critical skill to function in the 21st century society. A strong foundation in mathematics is the center of STEM education and provides a way to describe and reason about models of real-world phenomena.