Financial Math Review

by Gerver, Robert K.; Sgroi, Richard J.

• ISBN13: 9780538440219
• ISBN10: 053844021X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-08-06
• Publisher: Cengage Learning

Summary

Financial Math Review makes math understandable to all--featuring simple directions, easy vocabulary, and modeled concepts. This 30-hour text-workbook provides instruction in operations with whole numbers, fractions, decimals, equations, percentages, and measurement. Through practical applications, users learn fundamental mathematics concepts, including calculator use and problem solving. Users will develop attitudes relative to basic mathematics and its importance in their lives, acquire skills which enable them to process information, analyze data, and draw conclusions essential to sound decision making.

Table of Contents

Features	vii
Jump$tart National Personal Finance Standards Correlation	xi
Basic Skills Practice Correlation	xiv
Skills Diagnostic Test	xv
Dollars and Sense
Types of Warranties	3	(2)
Unit Prices	5	(2)
The Sales Receipt	7	(2)
Retail Prices	9	(2)
Discounts	11	(2)
Sales Tax	13	(2)
At-Home Shopping	15	(6)
Chapter 1 Assessment	17	(4)
Getting a Job
Looking for a Job	21	(2)
Pay Periods	23	(2)
Hourly Pay	25	(2)
Commissions	27	(2)
Piecework Pay	29	(2)
Insurance at Work	31	(6)
Chapter 2 Assessment	33	(4)
Income Taxes
Social Security	37	(2)
Reading Tax Tables	39	(2)
Taxes on High Incomes	41	(2)
Net Pay	43	(2)
Filing Tax Returns	45	(4)
Deductions and Credits	49	(8)
Chapter 3 Assessment	53	(4)
Banking
Savings Accounts	57	(2)
Compound Interest	59	(2)
Savings Plans	61	(2)
Checking Accounts	63	(2)
Reconciling Statements	65	(8)
Chapter 4 Assessment	69	(4)
Independent Living
Choosing to Move	73	(2)
Renting an Apartment	75	(2)
Buying a House	77	(2)
Condos and Co-ops	79	(6)
Chapter 5 Assessment	81	(4)
Transportation and Travel
Classified Ads	85	(2)
Automobile Statistics	87	(2)
Automobile Insurance	89	(2)
Auto Maintenance	91	(2)
Driving Distances	93	(2)
Renting a Car	95	(2)
Buying Airline Tickets	97	(2)
Vacation Planning	99	(6)
Chapter 6 Assessment	101	(4)
Expenses for Your Budget
Utility Bills	105	(2)
Homeowner Insurance	107	(2)
Health Insurance	109	(2)
Life Insurance	111	(2)
Preparing a Budget	113	(6)
Chapter 7 Assessment	115	(4)
Consumer Credit
Paying for Goods	119	(2)
Installment Plans	121	(2)
Leasing and Buying	123	(2)
Lending Institutions	125	(2)
Consumer Loans	127	(2)
Credit Card Statements	129	(2)
Average Daily Balance	131	(6)
Chapter 8 Assessment	133	(4)
Stocks and Bonds
Business Organizations	137	(2)
Stock Tables	139	(2)
Stock Transactions	141	(2)
Broker Commissions	143	(2)
Dividend Income	145	(2)
Corporate Bonds	147	(6)
Chapter 9 Assessment	149	(4)
Displaying Financial Information
Bar Graphs	153	(2)
Line Graphs	155	(2)
Circle Graphs	157	(2)
Pictographs	159	(2)
Stock Trend Graphs	161	(6)
Chapter 10 Assessment	163	(4)
Skills Handbook
Place Value	167	(1)
Number Names	168	(1)
Adding and Multiplying Decimals	169	(1)
Multiplying and Dividing Decimals	170	(1)
Ordering Decimals	171	(1)
Percents as Decimals	172	(1)
Fractions as Decimals	173	(1)
Rounding	174	(1)
Percent Computations	175	(1)
Word Problems	176