Practical Business Math Procedures / Edition 12

by Jeffrey Slater, Sharon Wittry

Overview

The Twelfth Edition of Practical Business Math Procedures provides students with an engaging and personalized way to learn, therefore leading to success in the classroom and beyond. Respected authors, Jeffrey Slater and Sharon Wittry, incorporate examples from the Wall Street Journal and Kiplinger throughout the entirety of the text to reinforce real-world application of business math. Every chapter concludes with the Surf to Save exercises, which encourage students to apply the chapter material to their own lives while utilizing the Internet’s abundant resources.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781259540554
Publisher:	McGraw-Hill Higher Education
Publication date:	01/11/2016
Edition description:	Older Edition
Pages:	720
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 1.25(h) x 9.00(d)

About the Author

Jeff Slater has been teaching 30 years at North Shore Community College. He has acted as a consultant for the office of personnel management in Boston and New York. Jeff tours the country giving speeches on student retention at colleges as well as national conventions.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Whole Number: How to Dissect and Solve Word Problems
Chapter 2: Fractions
Chapter 3: Decimals
Chapter 4: Banking
Chapter 5: Solving for the Unknown: A How to Approach to Solving Equations
Chapter 6: Percents and Their Applications
Chapter 7: Discounts: Trade and Cash
Chapter 8: Markups and Markdowns: Perishables and Breakeven Analysis
Chapter 9: Payroll
Chapter 10: Simple Interest
Chapter 11: Promissory Notes, Simple Discount Notes and the Discount Process
Chapter 12: Compound Interest and Present Value
Chapter 13: Annuities and Sinking Funds
Chapter 14: Installment Buying
Chapter 15: The Cost of Home Ownership
Chapter 16: How to Read, Analyze, and Interpret Financial Reports
Chapter 17: Appreciation
Chapter 18: Inventory and Overhead
Chapter 19: Sales Excise and Property Taxes
Chapter 20: Life, Fire and Auto Insurance
Chapter 21: Stocks, Bonds and Mutual Funds
Chapter 22: Business Statistics
Appendix A: Additional Homework by Learning Unit
Appendix B: Worked Out Solutions to Extra Practice Quizzes
Appendix C: Check Figures
Appendix D: Metric System
Glossary/Index