Business Math Brief

For courses in business mathematics, personal finance, or small business management. Business Math Brief, Tenth Edition unlocks the world of math by showing how it is used in the business world. Written in a conversational style, the book covers essential topics such as banking, interest, insurance, taxes, depreciation, and inventory. It carefully explains common business practices such as markup, markdown, and cash discounts-showing students how these tools work in small business or personal finance. Authors encourage self-starters from the beginning, with the review of basic math, annotated examples, stop and check exercises, skill builders and application exercises. This edition includes updated problem sets, new trends and laws, and the one-of-a-kind MyMathLab website.1. Review of Whole Numbers and Integers 2. Review of Fractions 3. Decimals 4. Banking 5. Equations 6. Percents 7. Business Statistics 8. Trade and Cash Discounts 9. Markup and Markdown 10. Payroll 11. Simple Interest and Simple Discount 12. Consumer Credit 13. Compound Interest, Future Value, and Present Value 14. Annuities and Sinking Funds 15. Building Wealth Through Investments 16. Mortgages APPENDIX A: THE REAL WORLD: VIDEO CASE STUDIES APPENDIX B: STOP AND CHECK SOLUTIONS APPENDIX C: ANSWERS TO ODD-NUMBERED EXERCISES Glossary/Index