Overview

Math for Business & Finance: An Algebraic Approach provides modern examples for students to understand business mathematics and make connections with real-world applications. The course covers mathematical concepts from an algebraic approach, combined with Business applications. Every chapter is devoted to a Personal Finance theme, with topics that include Payroll and the Cost of Purchasing a Home. There is also extensive integration of scientific calculator notation, and also has the Wall Street Journal and Kiplinger news clips that have been widely popular in Jeffrey Slater's other two Business Math texts. 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.

Full Product Details

Author:   Jeffrey Slater ,  Sharon Wittry
Publisher:   McGraw-Hill Education
Imprint:   McGraw-Hill Education
Edition:   3rd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 23.10cm , Height: 3.10cm , Length: 30.20cm
Weight:   1.535kg
ISBN:  

9781266223013

ISBN 10:   1266223010
Pages:   768
Publication Date:   26 June 2023
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1: Problem Solving with Math   CHAPTER 2: Fractions  CHAPTER 3: Percents and Their Applications                        Video Case: Project Management at Six Flags, New Jersey   CHAPTER 4: Solving for the Unknown   CHAPTER 5: Business Statistics   CHAPTER 6: Banking and Budgeting   CHAPTER 7: Payroll and Income Tax   CHAPTER 8: Sales, Excise, and Property Taxes                         Video Case: EDP Renewables   CHAPTER 9: Risk Management   CHAPTER 10: Installment Buying and Revolving Charge Credit Cards   CHAPTER 11: Discounts: Trade and Cash                           Video Case: Recycling at Subaru of Indiana Automotive   CHAPTER 12: Markups and Markdowns: Perishables and Breakeven Analysis                            Video Case: Noodles & Company   CHAPTER 13: How to Read, Analyze, and Interpret Financial Reports                           Video Case: Buycostumes.com   CHAPTER 14: Depreciation   CHAPTER 15: Inventory and Overhead   CHAPTER 16: Simple Interest   CHAPTER 17: Promissory Notes, Simple Discount Notes, and the Discount Process   CHAPTER 18: The Cost of Home Ownership  CHAPTER 19: Compound Interest and Present Value   CHAPTER 20: Annuities and Sinking Funds                           Video Case: DHL Global Delivery                           Cumulative Review: A Word Problem Approach  CHAPTER 21: Stocks, Bonds, and Mutual Funds   APPENDIX A: Additional Homework by Learning Unit   APPENDIX B: Worked-Out Solutions to Extra Practice Quizzes and You Try It Problems   APPENDIX C: Check Figures   APPENDIX D: Calculator Basics and the Metric System  

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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.

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