Wiley Pathways Business Math (Wiley Pathways) | 
 enlarge | Author: Steve Slavin
Publisher: Wiley
Category: Book
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Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Pages: 312
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Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 7.2 x 0.8
ISBN: 0470007192
Dewey Decimal Number: 650.101513
EAN: 9780470007198
Publication Date: November 17, 2006
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Product Description
You can get there
Where do you want to go? You might already be working in a business setting. You may be looking to expand your skills. Or, you might be setting out on a new career path.
Wherever you want to go, Business Math will help you get there. Easy-to-read, practical, and up-to-date, this text not only helps you learn fundamental mathematical concepts needed for business, it also helps you master the core competencies and skills you need to succeed in the classroom and beyond. The book's brief, modular format and variety of built-in learning resources enable you to learn at your own pace and focus your studies.
With this book, you will be able to:
* Understand the business uses of percent calculations.
* Solve business problems using algebraic equations.
* Learn why stores markup and markdown their inventory.
* Calculate different types of discounts.
* Examine different banking options.
* Compare personal, sales, and property taxes and the implications of taxing income, property, and retail sales.
* Calculate simple and compound interest and learn how each affects the future value of money.
* Explore the uses of promissory notes, mortgages, and credit cards and how to calculate the cost of each.
* Learn different ways to determine the loss of value of business property and equipment, and the effect of depreciation on taxes.
* Examine financial statements and learn how to read the income statement and the balance sheet.
* Learn how to calculate the mean, median, mode, and range of data.
Wiley Pathways helps you achieve your goals
When it comes to learning about business, not everyone is on the same path. But everyone wants to succeed. The new Wiley Pathways series in Business helps you achieve your goals with its brief, inviting format, clear language, and focus on core competencies and skills.
The books in this series--Finance, Business Communication, Marketing, Business Math, and Real Estate--offer a coordinated curriculum for learning business. Learn more at www.wiley.com/go/pathways.
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Terrible math, adequate conceptual explanations June 20, 2008
E. Andrews (Santa Cruz, CA USA)
First, the positive points of the book:
1. The explanations of economic concepts, vocabulary terms, etc. are short, clear, and readable.
2. The practice problems are varied, appropriate, and have reasonable contexts. There is even a moderate amount of variation of difficulty level.
Now the negative aspects of the book:
1. The author chooses the most confusing way possible to explain many types of problems. For example, in explaining the fact that 10% of 90 is 9, the author uses the following vocabulary: 90 is the "base" (okay), 10% is the "rate" (okay), and 9 is the "percentage". WHAT??? Try explaining in class that 10% is not the "percentage", in fact 9 is. Good luck!
2. The math content is light. In the most aggregious example, the author does not even present the basic equation for compound interest, instead relying on lengthy tables (as if the scientific calculator hadn't been invented yet). Inconsistently, he then turns around and presents the related formula for present value, without giving it the context or meaning that it would have had compound interest been explained.
3. Similar books on business math cover more content. For example, the words "bond" and "annuity" don't even appear in the index.
4. There are some errors and confusing points, although I consider this a relatively minor complaint compared to those above.
For an inexpensive alternative with much better explanations (but poorer example problems) see "Business Math Demystified".
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