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Practical Business Math Procedures https://www.mheducation.com/cover-images/Jpeg_400-high/1264098383.jpeg 14 2023 9781264098385 The Fourteenth Edition of Practical Business Math Procedures provides students with an engaging and personalized way to learn, 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 "My Money" exercises, which encourage students to apply the chapter material to their personal finances while utilizing the Internet’s many 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.
09781264098385
Practical Business Math Procedures
Practical Business Math Procedures

Practical Business Math Procedures, 14th Edition

ISBN10: 1264098383 | ISBN13: 9781264098385
By Jeffrey Slater and Sharon Wittry
© 2023

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The Fourteenth Edition of Practical Business Math Procedures provides students with an engaging and personalized way to learn, 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 "My Money" exercises, which encourage students to apply the chapter material to their personal finances while utilizing the Internet’s many 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.

CHAPTER 1: Whole Numbers: 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 for 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: Depreciation 
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: Check Figures 
APPENDIX C: Metric System  
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About the Author

Jeffrey Slater

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 Wittry

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.

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