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Business Math

by Cheryl Cleaves and Margie Hobbs

Published 30 June 1995
This book reflects more than 28 years of author involvement with business math education and the business community. The linking of mathematics with real business practices in real businesses gives readers a better appreciation for and understanding of the concepts that are vital in the business world. Updated in a new 8th edition, this book is filled with updated chapter-opening scenarios, chapter-ending case studies, cases, boxed features, and exercise sets. It is organized in workbook format and opens with chapters on basic math. Coverage includes banking, business statistics, trade and cash discounts, markups and markdowns, payroll, consumer credit, mortgages, insurance, taxes, and stocks and bonds.

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For arithmetic-based Introduction to Business Math, Consumer Math, and Personal Finance courses at the undergraduate level.

This topseller continues to offer a comprehensive and effective demonstration of basic mathematical concepts through extensive use of business examples taken from real-world applications in such areas as banking, the hotel/motel industry, retail, and real estate. Strengthening and refining coverage throughout, it encompasses all areas of business mathematics—beginning with skisll-building sections on whole number and decimals; guiding students through fractions, percents, statistics, and equations; then easing them into the specifics of business-related mathematics applications with discussions on payroll, discounts, markup/markdown, interest, credit and more. Direct, friendly, and visually appealing, it keeps both the teacher and students in mind at all times, offering an adaptable self-instructional or teacher-directed format, and myriad motivational tools to stimulate interest and deepen understanding. Perfect for instructors who want to incorporate the teaching of AMATYC and NCTM standards—numerous pedagogical features correlate specifically to these standards.