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This study aims to describe the enhancement of students mathematical literacy ability using the Problem Based Learning (PBL) model with Didactical Engineering (DE). The method used is quasi-experimental, with a pre-test post-test control group design research design. The population was all eighth grade students of state junior high schools in Subang regency and the sample involved as many as 105 students spread across two classes, namely the experimental class and the control class. The instruments used were tests of Prior Mathematical Ability (PMA) and mathematical literacy ability test. Research data for pretest, posttest, and normalized gain of students with mathematical literacy ability were analyzed quantitatively using t test, one way ANOVA, and two way ANOVA. Based on the results of data analysis, it can be concluded that there is a significant difference in the enhance in students mathematical literacy ability in terms of the PMA category and learning model, based on further tests of the most influential low and high PMA categories. Overall there are differences to enhancement in students mathematical literacy abilities between students who get PBL models with DE compared conventional models, and there is no interaction between learning models and PMA categories on mathematical literacy abilities.