| 1 | A | B | C | D |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2 | average literacy and numeracy scores of the adult population aged 16 to 65, by sex and age group, canada, 2012 |  |  |  |
| 3 |  | women | men | gap |
| 4 |  | average score |  |  |
| 5 | literacy |  |  |  |
| 6 | total aged 16-65 | 272.3 | 274.6 | -2.3 |
| 7 | 16 to 24 | 276.4 | 275.1 | 1.3 |
| 8 | 25 to 34 | 284.8 | 285.4 | -0.6 |
| 9 | 35 to 44 | 279.3 | 280.0 | -0.7 |
| 10 | 45 to 54 | 266 | 269.9 | -3.9 |
| 11 | 55 to 65 | 257.3 | 263.6 | -6.3 |
| 12 | numeracy |  |  |  |
| 13 | total aged 16-65 | 258.2 | 272.7 | -14.5 |
| 14 | 16 to 24 | 263.7 | 272.7 | -9.0 |
| 15 | 25 to 34 | 269.9 | 283.1 | -13.2 |
| 16 | 35 to 44 | 264.7 | 279.1 | -14.4 |
| 17 | 44 to 54 | 253.0 | 268.3 | -15.3 |
| 18 | 55 to 65 | 241.8 | 261.3 | -19.5 |

Question: which age group had the lowest literacy proficiency scores for women and men respectively?
Answer: 55 to 65

Question: what was the gap (men-women) in literacy proficiency scores among those aged 55 to 65?
Answer: 6.3

Question: who had a lower numeracy scores in every age cohort,women or men?
Answer: women

Question: what was the gap in numeracy scores between women and men aged 16 to 24 and for those aged 55 to 65 respectively?
Answer: -9, -19.5