Highlights• Higher-fit individuals processed arithmetic problems faster.• Higher-fit individuals allocated more cognitive resources during difficult problems.• Fitness-related differences in mathematics achievement stem from cognitive resource differences.• Cardiovascular health may be implicated in differential processing of quantitative information.• Improving cardiovascular health may help address disparities in health numeracy.
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