Numeracy is one of the graduate skills sought by employers, although the level and type of skill required depends upon the particular job.  I studied Maths at university as part of my degree, but chose to use my skills as a Special Needs teacher for the first decade of my career until there was such a desperate shortage of Maths teachers that I was persuaded by a friend to teach A Level maths.  

My current students are undergraduates and they are asked to find evidence of numeracy as a graduate skill, so my advice based on discussions with previous cohorts starts with what to avoid:

• GCSE maths, because it is not a graduate level skill (it is a minimum requirement for some careers)
• Simple statistical charts or analyses, because using these as evidence usually shows evidence of lack of understanding of numeracy at graduate level.  There are occasional exceptions.

Evidence that might be sought should probably look at the whole area of skill:  Produce output that is literate, numerate and coherent.

The obvious choice for my students would be an extract from the Methods section of the Work Based Major Project, which should have been drafted last semester.  This is also an opportunity to redraft in order to show that the selection of data collection and analysis techniques is presented in a literate form (academic style, citing experts), demonstrating an appreciation of the limitations of quantitative data in a small-scale project (numeracy).  Numeracy as work-based skill may also be shown by a brief discussion of the types of quantitative data are available for a specific project.  The extract would be coherent because it is a well-constructed argument for the selected  data collection and analysis techniques that shows alignment with the chosen methodology.

Another choice for those undertaking an Action Inquiry might be the data collection and analysis from Cycle 1.

Part of the requirement is to choose a short extract, so if this can be provided in one page (when printed  - using Arial font size 12 and 1.5 line spacing - no cheating!), then it is on the right track.  

The extract would probably provide evidence for other graduate skills.