
Practical Business Math Procedures, 2020
Grades: 9 - 12
Practical Business Math Procedures is the most motivating and easy-to-understand resource on the market. The engaging and personalized program reinforces real-world applications of business math by incorporating examples from The Wall Street Journal and Kiplinger throughout the text. “My Money” exercises provide learning opportunities as students apply chapter concepts to their personal finances.
Practical Business Math Procedures (c) 2020 Online Student Edition, 1-year subscription
Program Details
CHAPTER 1 Whole Numbers: How to Dissect and Solve Word Problems
1 Reading, Writing, and Rounding Whole Numbers
2 Adding and Subtracting Whole Numbers
3 Multiplying and Dividing Whole Numbers
CHAPTER 2 Fractions
1 Types of Fractions and Conversion Procedures
2 Adding and Subtracting Fractions
3 Multiplying and Dividing Fractions
CHAPTER 3 Decimals
1 Rounding Decimals; Fraction and Decimal Conversions
2 Adding, Subtracting, Multiplying, and Dividing Decimals
Cumulative Review: A Word Problem Approach—Chapters 1–3
CHAPTER 4 Banking
1 The Checking Account
2 Bank Statement and Reconciliation Process; Latest Trends in Mobile Banking
CHAPTER 5 Solving for the Unknown: A How-to Approach for Solving Equations
1 Solving Equations for the Unknown
2 Solving Word Problems for the Unknown
CHAPTER 6 Percents and Their Applications
1 Conversions
2 Application of Percents—Portion Formula
CHAPTER 7 Discounts: Trade and Cash
1 Trade Discounts—Single and Chain (Includes Discussion of Freight)
2 Cash Discounts, Credit Terms, and Partial Payments
CHAPTER 8 Markups and Markdowns: Perishables and Breakeven Analysis
1 Markups Based on Cost (100%)
2 Markups Based on Selling Price (100%)
3 Markdowns and Perishables
4 Breakeven Analysis
Cumulative Review: A Word Problem Approach—Chapters 6–8
CHAPTER 9 Payroll
1 Calculating Various Types of Employees’ Gross Pay
2 Computing Payroll Deductions for Employees’ Pay; Employers’ Responsibilities
CHAPTER 10 Simple Interest
1 Calculation of Simple Interest and Maturity Value
2 Finding Unknown in Simple Interest Formula
3 U.S. Rule—Making Partial Note Payments before Due Date
CHAPTER 11 Promissory Notes, Simple Discount Notes, and the Discount Process
1 Structure of Promissory Notes; the Simple Discount Note
2 Discounting an Interest-Bearing Note before Maturity
CHAPTER 12 Compound Interest and Present Value
1 Compound Interest (Future Value)—The Big Picture
2 Present Value—The Big Picture
CHAPTER 13 Annuities and Sinking Funds
1 Annuities: Ordinary Annuity and Annuity Due (Find Future Value)
2 Present Value of an Ordinary Annuity (Find Present Value)
3 Sinking Funds (Find Periodic Payments)
Cumulative Review: A Word Problem Approach—Chapters 10–13
Time-Value Relationship Appendix
CHAPTER 14 Installment Buying
1 Cost of Installment Buying
2 Revolving Charge Credit Cards
CHAPTER 15 The Cost of Home Ownership
1 Types of Mortgages and the Monthly Mortgage Payment
2 Amortization Schedule—Breaking Down the Monthly Payment
CHAPTER 16 How to Read, Analyze, and Interpret Financial Reports
1 Balance Sheet—Report as of a Particular Date
2 Income Statement—Report for a Specific Period of Time
3 Trend and Ratio Analysis
CHAPTER 17 Depreciation
1 Concept of Depreciation and the Straight-Line Method
2 Units-of-Production Method
3 Declining-Balance Method
4 Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System (MACRS) with Introduction to ACRS (1986, 1989, 2010, 2017)
CHAPTER 18 Inventory and Overhead
1 Assigning Costs to Ending Inventory—Specific Identification; Weighted Average; FIFO; LIFO
2 Retail Method; Gross Profit Method; Inventory Turnover; Distribution of Overhead
CHAPTER 19 Sales, Excise, and Property Taxes
1 Sales and Excise Taxes
2 Property Tax
CHAPTER 20 Life, Fire, and Auto Insurance
1 Life Insurance
2 Fire Insurance
3 Auto Insurance
CHAPTER 21 Stocks, Bonds, and Mutual Funds
1 Stocks
2 Bonds
3 Mutual Funds
CHAPTER 22 Business Statistics
1 Mean, Median, and Mode
2 Frequency Distributions and Graphs
3 Measures of Dispersion (Optional)
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