Business Mathematics
ISBN: 9780321500120 | 0321500121
Edition: 11thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Pub. Date: 1/22/2008
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Business Mathematics, Eleventh Edition maximizes student interest by presenting the necessary mathematics through real-world applications. New examples from real companies and the people who run them are woven throughout the book to apply the concepts to real practices. Many new photographs, news clippings, and graphs have been added to increase the relevance of chapter content to the world of business. The globalization of our society is emphasized through examples and exercises that highlight foreign countries and international topics.Providi... MORE
| Preface | |
| Introduction for Students | |
| Pretest in Business Mathematics | |
| Index of Applications | |
| Whole Numbers and Decimals | |
| Whole Numbers | |
| Application Problems | |
| Basics of Decimals | |
| Addition and Subtraction of Decimals | |
| Multiplication and Division of Decimals | |
| Case Study: Subway | ... MORE |
| Quick Review | |
| Chapter Terms | |
| Summary Exercise: The Toll of Wedding Bells | |
| Test | |
| Fractions | |
| Basics of Fractions | |
| Case Study: Home Depot | |
| Addition and Subtraction of Fractions | |
| Addition and Subtraction of Mixed Numbers | |
| Multiplication and Division of Fractions | |
| Converting Decimals to Fractions and Fractions to Decimals | |
| Quick Review | |
| Chapter Terms | |
| Summary Exercise: Using Fractions with Statistics | |
| Test | |
| Percent | |
| Writing Decimals and Fractions as Percents | |
| Finding Part | |
| Finding Base | |
| Supplementary Application Exercises on Base and Part | |
| Finding Rate | |
| Supplementary Application Exercises on Base, Rate, and Part | |
| Increase and Decrease Problems | |
| Case Study: Century 21 | |
| Quick Review | |
| Chapter Terms | |
| Summary Exercise: Investment Gains and Losses | |
| Test | |
| Cumulative Review: Chapters 13 | |
| Bank Services | |
| Checking Accounts and Check Registers | |
| Case Study: Jackson and Perkins | |
| Checking Services and Credit-Card Transactions | |
| Bank Statement Reconciliation | |
| Quick Review | |
| Chapter Terms | |
| Summary Exercise: The Banking Activities of a Retailer | |
| Test | |
| Payroll | |
| Gross Earnings: Wages and Salaries | |
| Gross Earnings: Piecework and Commissions | |
| Social Security, Medicare, and Other Taxes | |
| Income Tax Withholding | |
| Case Study: Social Security Administration | |
| Quick Review | |
| Chapter Terms | |
| Summary Exercise: Payroll: Finding Your Take-Home Pay | |
| Test | |
| Mathematics of Buying | |
| Invoices and Trade Discounts | |
| Series Discounts and Single Discount Equivalents | |
| Cash Discounts: Ordinary Dating Method | |
| Case Study: George Foreman | |
| Cash Discounts: Other Dating Methods | |
| Quick Review | |
| Chapter Terms | |
| Summary Exercise: The Retailer: Invoices,Trade Discounts, and Cash Discounts | |
| Test | |
| Mathematics of Selling | |
| Markup on Cost | |
| Markup on Selling Price | |
| Supplementary Application Exercises on Markup | |
| Markdown | |
| Turnover and Valuation of Inventory | |
| Quick Review | |
| Chapter Terms | |
| Summary Exercise: Markdown: Reducing Prices to Move Merchandise | |
| Case Study: REI | |
| Test | |
| Cumulative Review: Chapters 4 | |
| Simple Interest | |
| Basics of Simple Interest | |
| Finding Principal, Rate, and Time | |
| Simple Discount Notes | |
| Discounting a Note Before Maturity | |
| Case Study: General Motors | |
| Supplementary Application Exercises on Simple Interest and Simple Discount | |
| Quick Review | |
| Chapter Terms | |
| Summary Exercise: Banking in a Global World:How Do Large Banks Make Money? | |
| Test | |
| Compound Interest | |
| Compound Interest | |
| Interest-Bearing Bank Accounts and Inflation | |
| Case Study: Bank of America | |
| Present Value and Future Value | |
| Quick Review | |
| Chapter Terms | |
| Summary Exercise: Valuing a Chain of McDonald's Restaurants | |
| Test | |
| Cumulative Review: Chapters 8 and 9 | |
| Annuities, Stocks, an<$$$> | |
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