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Practical Business Math: An Applications Approach, Brief Edition, 8/E
Michael D. Tuttle

ISBN-10: 0130256609
ISBN-13: 9780130256607

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2001
Format: Paper; 379 pp
Published: 05/25/2000

Suggested retail price: $65.00
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For freshman-level, arithmetic-based courses in Business Math and Personal Finance.

This text applies the principles and practices of basic math to everyday business problems and situations. Using a reality-based, practical approach, it guides future business managers through easy-to-follow explanations, worked examples, and exercises—making sure that one concept is mastered before progressing to the next. An effective combination of topics and tools helps make learning and teaching more efficient.

  • NEW - Added exercises in each chapter.

    • Provides instructors with an expanded number of choices and increased range of problem types that can be assigned to students for practice and drill. Ex.___

  • NEW - Updated material throughout—Includes new minimum wage amounts built into problems; new withholding tax tables; Social Security tax base; current Foreign exchange rates and the Euro for international business transactions; and the most recent income tax calculations.

    • Presents students with the most recent business information and practices available. Ex.___

  • NEW - Revised Mastery Test—In each chapter, with an appendix of answers.

    • Allows students to check and extend their understanding of key concepts prior to a classroom test. Ex.___

  • NEW - Expanded coverage of banking records.

    • Supplies students with additional information about automatic deposit and withdrawal, as well as debit withdrawal. Ex.___

  • NEW - Margin notes—On algebraic expressions and solutions.

    • Offers students helpful hints for solving problems and avoiding potential errors. Ex.___

  • NEW - Clarification of “Percentage”—Replaces this term with “Amount” in the new “Percent” chapter and throughout the text.

    • Helps clear up students' confusion surrounding the inter-use of the terms “rate,” “percentage,” and “percent.” Ex.___

  • NEW - Enhanced coverage of insurance—Discusses Universal and Variable Life.

    • Supplies students with new material regarding variations in policy design that compliments the standard topics previously addressed in the chapter. Ex.___

  • Solid instructional chapter formats—Begins with textual presentation, followed by worked examples, practice exercises, and answers to exercises in the back of text.

    • Gives students a logical, clear, and understandable framework that allows them to gain confidence through practice prior to the introduction of a new topic. Ex.___

  • A continuing case study—Involves students with ongoing discussions, examples, and exercises of a business called “Sport-A-Merica.”

    • Illustrates for students the real-world use of math skills in a business setting. Ex.___

  • Sample business forms—E.g., invoices; purchase orders; completed tax forms; check registers; and bank statements.

    • Exposes students to the types of documents they will encounter on the job—and, in several cases, actually use the “real thing” in problem solution. Ex.___

  • Essential keystrokes for problem solution—Explains calculator solutions step-by-step.

    • Improves student calculator use through direct instruction. Ex.___

  • Chapter objectives—With page references.

    • Outlines key issues and learning goals, and allows students to easily cross-reference when reviewing chapter material. Ex.___

  • Added exercises in each chapter.

    • Provides instructors with an expanded number of choices and increased range of problem types that can be assigned to students for practice and drill. Ex.___

  • Updated material throughout—Includes new minimum wage amounts built into problems; new withholding tax tables; Social Security tax base; current Foreign exchange rates and the Euro for international business transactions; and the most recent income tax calculations.

    • Presents students with the most recent business information and practices available. Ex.___

  • Revised Mastery Test—In each chapter, with an appendix of answers.

    • Allows students to check and extend their understanding of key concepts prior to a classroom test. Ex.___

  • Expanded coverage of banking records.

    • Supplies students with additional information about automatic deposit and withdrawal, as well as debit withdrawal. Ex.___

  • Margin notes—On algebraic expressions and solutions.

    • Offers students helpful hints for solving problems and avoiding potential errors. Ex.___

  • Clarification of “Percentage”—Replaces this term with “Amount” in the new “Percent” chapter and throughout the text.

    • Helps clear up students' confusion surrounding the inter-use of the terms “rate,” “percentage,” and “percent.” Ex.___

  • Enhanced coverage of insurance—Discusses Universal and Variable Life.

    • Supplies students with new material regarding variations in policy design that compliments the standard topics previously addressed in the chapter. Ex.___



 1. Working with Whole Numbers.


 2. Working with Fractions.


 3. Working with Decimal Numbers.


 4. Banking Records.


 5. Payroll.


 6. Business Measurements.


 7. Percent.


 8. Insurance.


 9. Simple Interest.


10. Promissory Notes.


11. Installment Loans.


12. Consumer Credit.


13. Compound Interest and Present Value.


14. Discounts.


15. Markup.


16. Inventory and Turnover.


17. Depreciation.

An Applications Approach, EDITH EDITION, covers arithmetic-based business math text with practical information and examples.

Features of this user-friendly text include:

  • Explanation — Example — Exercise format presents the material, applies the concept, and then provides practice
  • Hints and Cautions for new learners
  • Varying levels of assignments for the practice and application of the concepts presented in the text
  • Five appendices: Calculator Selection and Operation, Math Shortcuts, Math of Computers, Employment Math Test, and Reading Market Quotations
  • A Companion Website with additional practice problems

In addition, the text contains a case study centered on a fictional business, Sport-A-Merica, which integrates math concepts into a real-world scenario. Each chapter starts with a Sport-A-Merica vignette and contains business problems that are solved as part of the worked examples in each chapter.

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