PRACTICAL BUSINESS MATH PROCEDURES WITH BUSINESS MATH HANDBOOK

by Jeffrey Slater, Sharon M. 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.

Connect is the only integrated learning system that empowers students by continuously adapting to deliver precisely what they need, when they need it, and how they need it, so that your class time is more engaging and effective.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781259725067
Publisher:	McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing
Publication date:	01/11/2016
Edition description:	Older Edition
Product dimensions:	9.00(w) x 11.80(h) x 1.00(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

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.



Sharon has been teaching Business Math at Pikes Peak Community College for almost 20 years. Technological enhancements providing students with around-the-clock learning tools through the use of Smartbook and Connect have become important parts of both her face-to-face and online courses. Making content easy to understand and applicable to students' lives continues to be Sharon's focus.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Whole Number: How to Dissect and Solve Word ProblemsChapter 2: FractionsChapter 3: DecimalsChapter 4: BankingChapter 5: Solving for the Unknown: A How to Approach to Solving EquationsChapter 6: Percents and Their ApplicationsChapter 7: Discounts: Trade and CashChapter 8: Markups and Markdowns: Perishables and Breakeven AnalysisChapter 9: PayrollChapter 10: Simple InterestChapter 11: Promissory Notes, Simple Discount Notes and the Discount ProcessChapter 12: Compound Interest and Present ValueChapter 13: Annuities and Sinking FundsChapter 14: Installment BuyingChapter 15: The Cost of Home OwnershipChapter 16: How to Read, Analyze, and Interpret Financial ReportsChapter 17: AppreciationChapter 18: Inventory and OverheadChapter 19: Sales Excise and Property TaxesChapter 20: Life, Fire and Auto InsuranceChapter 21: Stocks, Bonds and Mutual FundsChapter 22: Business StatisticsAppendix A: Additional Homework by Learning UnitAppendix B: Worked Out Solutions to Extra Practice QuizzesAppendix C: Check FiguresAppendix D: Metric SystemGlossary/Index