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9780131606753

Business Math, Complete W/Cd and Study Guide and PH Math Tutor Center Package

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  • ISBN13:

    9780131606753

  • ISBN10:

    0131606751

  • Edition: 7th
  • Format: Package
  • Copyright: 2005-01-01
  • Publisher: Prentice Hall
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Summary

This book reflects more than 25 years of author involvement with business math education and the business community. The focus of this edition is on linking mathematics with real business practices in real businessesgiving readers a better appreciation for and understanding of the concepts that are vital in the business world.The book is filled with chapter-opening scenarios, chapter-ending case studies, cases, boxed features, and exercise sets. It is organized in workbook format and opens with chapters on basic math. Coverage includes banking, business statistics, trade and cash discounts, markups and markdowns, payroll, consumer credit, mortgages, insurance, taxes, and stocks and bonds.For entrepreneurs and anyone interested in personal finance.

Table of Contents

Whole Numbers
Place Value and Our Number System
Read whole numbers
Write whole numbers
Round whole numbers
Operations with Whole Numbers-Five-Step
Problem-Solving Strategy introduced with addition and continued throughout text
Add whole numbers
Subtract whole numbers
Multiply whole numbers
Divide whole numbers
Fractions
Fractions
Identify types of fractions
Convert an improper fraction to a whole or mixed number
Convert a whole or mixed number to an improper fraction
Reduce a fraction to lowest terms
Raise a fraction to higher terms
Adding and Subtracting Fractions
Add fractions with like (common) denominators
Find the least common denominator for two or more fractions
Add fractions and mixed numbers
Subtract fractions and mixed numbers
Multiplying and Dividing Fractions
Multiply fractions and mixed numbers
Divide fractions and mixed numbers
Decimals
Decimals and the Place-Value System
Read and write decimals
Round decimals
Operations with Decimals
Add and subtract decimals
Multiply decimals
Divide decimals
Decimal and Fraction Conversions
Convert a decimal to a fraction
Convert a fraction to a decimal
Banking
Checking Account Forms
Make account transactions
Record account transactions
Bank Statements
Reconcile a bank statement with an account register
Equations
Equations
Solve equations using multiplication or division
Solve equations using addition or subtraction
Solve equations using more than one operation
Solve equations containing multiple unknown terms
Solve equations containing parentheses
Solve equations that are proportions
Using Equations to Solve Problems
Use the problem-solving approach to analyze and solve word problems
Percents
Percent Equivalents
Write a whole number, fraction, or decimal as a percent
Write a percent as a whole number, fraction, or decimal
Solving Percentage Problems
Identify the rate, base, and portion in percent problems
Use the percentage formula to find the unknown value when two values are known
Increases and Decreases
Find the amount of increase or decrease in percent problems
Find the new amount directly in percent problems
Find the rate or the base in increase or decrease problems
Business Statistics
Measures of Central Tendency
Find the mean
Find the median
Find the mode
Frequency Distributions and Graphs
Make and interpret a frequency distribution
Interpret and draw a bar graph
Interpret and draw a line graph
Interpret and draw a circle graph
Measures of Dispersion
Find the range
Find the standard deviation
Trade and Cash Discounts
Net Price and the Trade Discount
Find the trade discount using a single trade discount rate; find the net price using the trade discount
Find the net price using the complement of the single trade discount rate
Net Price and the Trade Discount Series
Find the net price, applying a trade discount series and using the net decimal equivalent
Find the trade discount, applying a trade discount series and using the single discount equivalent
Net Amount and the Cash Discount
Find the cash discount and the net amount using ordinary dating terms
Interpret and apply end-of-month (EOM) terms
Interpret and apply receipt-of-goods (ROG) terms
Find the amount credited and the outstanding balance from partial payments
Interpret freight terms
Markup and Markdown
Markup Based on Cost
Find the cost, markup, or selling price when any two of the three are known
Find the percent of markup based on the cost when the cost and selling price are known
Find the selling price when the cost and the percent of markup based on the cost are known
Find the cost when the amount of markup and the percent of markup based on cost are known
Find the cost when the selling price and the percent of markup based on the cost are known
Markup Based on Selling Price and Markup Comparisons
Find the amount of markup and the percent of markup based on the selling price when the cost and selling price are known
Find the selling price when the amount of markup and the percent of markup based on the selling price are known
Find the selling price when the cost and the percent of markup based on the selling price are known
Find the cost when the selling price and the percent of markup based on the selling price are known
Compare the markup based on the cost with the markup based on the selling price
Markdown, Series of Markdowns, and Perishables
Find the amount of markdown, the reduced (new) price, and the percent of markdown
Find the final selling price for a series of markdowns
Find the selling price for a desired profit on perishable and seasonal goods
Payroll
Gross Pay
Find the gross pay per paycheck based on salary
Find the gross pay per weekly paycheck based on hourly wage
Find the gross pay per paycheck based on piecework wage
Find the gross pay per paycheck based on commission
Payroll Deductions
Find the federal tax withholding per paycheck using IRS tax tables
Find federal tax withholding per paycheck using the IRS percentage method
Find Social Security
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