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Business Math For Dummies

Business Math For Dummies


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Crunch numbers and calculate business solutions with this straightforward guide Now, it is easier than ever before to understand complex mathematical concepts and formulas and how they relate to real-world business situations. All you have to do it apply the handy information you will find in Business Math For Dummies. Featuring practical practice problems to help you expand your skills, this book covers topics like using percents to calculate increases and decreases, applying basic algebra to solve proportions, and working with basic statistics to analyze raw data. Find solutions for finance and payroll applications, including reading financial statements, calculating wages and commissions, and strategic salary planning. Navigate fractions, decimals, and percents in business and real estate transactions, and take fancy math skills to work. You’ll be able to read graphs and tables and apply statistics and data analysis. You’ll discover ways you can use math in finance and payroll investments, banking and payroll, goods and services, and business facilities and operations. You’ll learn how to calculate discounts and markup, use loans and credit, and understand the ins and outs of math for business facilities and operations. You’ll be the company math whiz in no time at all! Find out how to: Read graphs and tables Invest in the future Use loans and credit Navigate bank accounts, insurance, budgets, and payroll Calculate discounts and markup Measure properties and handle mortgages and loans Manage rental and commercial properties Complete with lists of ten math shortcuts to do in meetings and drive your coworkers nuts and ten tips for reading annual reports, Business MathFor Dummies is your one-stop guide to solving math problems in business situations.

Table of Contents:
Introduction 1 Part I: Reviewing Basic Math for Business and Real Estate Transactions 7 Chapter 1: Starting from the Beginning 9 Chapter 2: Fractions, Decimals, and Percents 15 Chapter 3: Determining Percent Increase and Decrease 31 Chapter 4: Dealing with Proportions and Basic Algebra 37 Part II: Taking Intriguing Math to Work 47 Chapter 5: Working with Formulas 49 Chapter 6: Reading Graphs and Charts 67 Chapter 7: Measuring the World around You 79 Chapter 8: Analyzing Data and Statistics 97 Part III: Discovering the Math of Finance and Investments 109 Chapter 9: Computing Simple and Compound Interest 111 Chapter 10: Investing in the Future 131 Chapter 11: Understanding and Managing Investments 149 Chapter 12: Using Loans and Credit to Make Purchases 165 Part IV: Putting Math to Use in Banking and Payroll 177 Chapter 13: Managing Simple Bank Accounts 179 Chapter 14: Protecting Against Risk with Insurance 193 Chapter 15: Planning for Success with Budgets 207 Chapter 16: Dealing with Payroll 223 Part V: Successfully Handling the Math Used in the World of Goods and Services 235 Chapter 17: Pricing with Markups and Discounts 237 Chapter 18: Calculating Profit, Revenue, and Cost 251 Chapter 19: Accounting for Overhead and Depreciation 273 Chapter 20: Keeping Track of Inventory 291 Part VI: Surviving the Math for Business Facilities and Operations 305 Chapter 21: Measuring Properties 307 Chapter 22: Taking Out Mortgages and Property-Related Loans 335 Part VII: The Part of Tens 359 Chapter 23: Ten Tips for Leasing and Managing Rental Property 361 Chapter 24: Ten Things to Watch Out for When Reading Financial Reports 369 Index 373

About the Author :
Mary Jane Sterling is the author of four other For Dummies titles: Algebra For Dummies, Algebra II For Dummies, Trigonometry For Dummies, and Math Word Problems For Dummies. She has honed her math-explaining skills during her years of teaching mathematics at all levels: junior high school, high school, and college. She has been teaching at Bradley University, in Peoria, Illinois, for almost 30 of those years. When not teaching or writing, Mary Jane keeps busy by working with her Kiwanis Club, advising Bradley University’s Circle K Club, and working with members of the Heart of Illinois Aktion Club (for adults with disabilities). All the volunteer projects taken on for these clubs help keep her busy and involved in the community.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780470233313
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: For Dummies
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 416
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 612 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0470233311
  • Publisher Date: 27 Jun 2008
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 25 mm
  • Width: 180 mm


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