Practical Business Math Procedures w/ DVD, Business Math Handbook, and Wall Street Journal insert | 
 enlarge | Author: Jeffrey Slater
Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin
Category: Book
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 45112
Media: Paperback
Edition: 8
Pages: 672
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.5
Dimensions (in): 11.7 x 9 x 1.3
ISBN: 0073133086
Dewey Decimal Number: 650
EAN: 9780073133089
Publication Date: January 19, 2005
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Product Description
Practical Business Math Procedures is a comprehensive introduction to the concepts and applications of mathematics to personal and commercial business problems. The text uses basic arithmetic and problem solving techniques and illustrates their use in retailing, interest and loans, banking, payroll, taxes, investments, insurance, and a variety of other business situations. The text is well known for the motivating integration of interesting real world examples and photos from the Wall Street Journal, Kiplinger�s, and many other business journals. PBMP�s is the most popular and widely used book for this course and is carefully written and developed to support students with little math experience with practice quizzes, thousands of exercises, color coded procedures and diagrams, supporting tutorial videos on DVD, and the highest standards of reliability and cleanliness. .
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 Interactive & More February 22, 2007
Carol Molmen (Olalla, WA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is more of what I think a "text" book should be for learning. It has nice colorful graphics [drawn, photocopied, and photographed] to arouse one's interest and learning. There are "real" companies given as factual examples and links to explore. The Teachers editon would be the best [it not only gives all the answers to the problems, but shows the step by step formulas to use]. I also found that by going to the book companies online resorces, you can download and print PowerPoint slides to help guide you through some of the more complex areas.
Excellent book, easy to follow DVD! January 26, 2006
Daniel Pryor (Eureka, CA United States)
0 out of 6 found this review helpful
What can I saw but this is an awesome book. I never did get past chapter one though because I found out that my previous grade was enough to meet a requirement so I figured why take it again? (Got a D+ originally, with a different book).
 Useful in the real world May 23, 2006
David L. White (Reno)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I used the 7th edition in the business math class I took. The class was listed under the BUS designation, and was not intended for those above the 096 level in math. I took it at a community college as part of a certificate program. The first 4 chapters were review and the balance was the class. The chapters were well written and the practice problems useful. There are many problems for each chapter.
I use the formulas and concepts in my work. I am co manager of a grocery store. I use the things I learned each and every day.
Many people do not have a good grounding in math. Business math classes are designed to build a foundation and give skills that can be used right away.
lost in translation January 12, 2007
J. Liller (VA USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I used this book in a business math class and I found it to be confusing and hard to follow. I have a good grasp on business concepts and this book left me feeling more confused after my class than when I began. The approach to this class certainly is not one I would reccomend for college level (for any level for that matter).
 A little muddled July 12, 2008
Alex Perkins (Allegan, MI United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Math is my adversary. I took a lower class which uses this textbook hoping to come out with a reasonable grade. (I did pass.)
The book starts off with elementary math, fractions, multiplication, and division before veering off into payroll and taxes. I didn't like this book because I tend to be an analytical person when it comes to accounting and basic math. I like to have answers for the "Why" questions that pop up continuously. This book doesn't explain a lot of things to my satisfaction. Particularly when it gives me formulas and doesn't explain them well enough for me to figure out problems.
A lot of the math included in this book is now being done by computers with specialized software. Having to halt my thinking and do manual math such as stocks, bonds, and mortgages, I found the book to be muddy in its explanations. Like I said, maybe it's just because I expect thorough explanations for why this formula is used when the author used a different one half a page previously for the same problem. Errors were rife throughout the book from wrong amounts to some formulas that were incorrect.
Luckily, my friend had the teacher's edition so I ended up working a lot of problems backwards before I finally learned it. However, I don't recommend this book if you want things explained.
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