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 Math For Dummies is your one-stop guide to solving math problems in business situations.
Tabella dei contenuti
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
Circa l’autore
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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