Business

Appropriate for courses in Business Mathematics.

The fully updated Fifth Edition of Business Mathematics adopts the same successful strategy as its predecessors, emphasizing a logical and careful approach to solving the types of problems encountered in today's business world.

• Includes coverage of key topics, including...

  • The modified ACRS method. Pg.___

  • The breakeven point. Pg.___

• Offers revised illustrative examples and problems throughout. Pg.___

• Divides chapters into numbered sections with accompanying Test Yourself problems and solutions keyed specifically to each chapter's content. Pg.___

• Integrates Calculator Hints throughout the text to illustrate effective and efficient use of the calculator. Pg.___

• Offers BASIC computer programs to help readers understand the relationship between the variables in a given problem. Pg.___

• Features new Computer Spreadsheet Exercises providing an opportunity to practice spreadsheet mathematics in either Lotus or Excel. Pg.___

• Presents a new section on reading stock and bond tables, integrating practical real-world applications of published financial information. Pg.___

• NEW—Features new Computer Spreadsheet Exercises providing an opportunity to practice spreadsheet mathematics in either Lotus or Excel.
• NEW—Presents a new section on reading stock and bond tables, integrating practical real-world applications of published financial information.

(NOTE: Each chapter closes with New Terms, New Formulas and Computer Spreadsheet Exercises.)

 1. Essential Mathematics.


 2. Percents and Their Applications.


 3. Pricing a Product.


 4. Commercial Discounts.


 5. Accounting Topics: Depreciation and Valuation of Inventory.


 6. Accounting Topics: Partnership, Profits and Payroll.


 7. Borrowing Money: Interest.


 8. Borrowing Money: Bank Discounts.


 9. Consumer Credit.


10. Compound Interest.


11. Annuities.


12. Understanding Statistics.


13. Investing.


Appendix A: Review of Arithmetic.


Appendix B: The Metric System.


Appendix C: Tables.


Appendix D: Answers to Odd Numbered Problems.


Index.

Business Math - Algebra Based (Business Math)

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