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Business Math for Dummies

by Mary Jane Sterling

Practical mathematics for everyday business tasks

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Practical mathematics for everyday business tasks

This guide connects core math skills with workplace and financial applications. Topics include percentages, proportions, statistics, graphs and tables, alongside practical calculations involving wages, commissions, budgets, discounts, markups, credit and loans. It also addresses reading financial statements and annual reports, and applying math to real estate transactions, mortgages, rental properties and business operations. Practice problems give readers a way to work through the concepts, while the range of examples spans payroll, banking, investments, goods and services, and business facilities.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Useful for adults who want to strengthen math skills for business or finance tasks.
  • A reference for learners practicing calculations related to payroll, banking, credit, budgeting or real estate.
  • Suitable for readers seeking practice with percentages, basic algebra, statistics, graphs and tables.

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Business mathematicsFinance and payrollStatistics and data analysisReal estate calculationsPractical problem-solving

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Book overview

Crunch numbers and calculate business solutions with this straightforward guide

Now, it is easier than ever before to understand complex mathematical concepts and formulas and how they relate to real-world business situations. All you have to do it apply the handy information you will find in Business Math For Dummies. Featuring practical practice problems to help you expand your skills, this book covers topics like using percents to calculate increases and decreases, applying basic algebra to solve proportions, and working with basic statistics to analyze raw data. Find solutions for finance and payroll applications, including reading financial statements, calculating wages and commissions, and strategic salary planning.

Navigate fractions, decimals, and percents in business and real estate transactions, and take fancy math skills to work. You'll be able to read graphs and tables and apply statistics and data analysis. You'll discover ways you can use math in finance and payroll investments, banking and payroll, goods and services, and business facilities and operations. You'll learn how to calculate discounts and markup, use loans and credit, and understand the ins and outs of math for business facilities and operations. You'll be the company math whiz in no time at all! Find out how to:

  • Read graphs and tables
  • Invest in the future
  • Use loans and credit
  • Navigate bank accounts, insurance, budgets, and payroll
  • Calculate discounts and markup
  • Measure properties and handle mortgages and loans
  • Manage rental and commercial properties

Complete with lists of ten math shortcuts to do in meetings and drive your coworkers nuts and ten tips for reading annual reports, Business MathFor Dummies is your one-stop guide to solving math problems in business situations.

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