Quick Business Math - (Wiley Self-Teaching Guides) by Steve Slavin (Paperback)

About the Book

Steve Slavin gives the student or entry-level businessperson a brush-up on basic math skills and explains their practical uses in the day-to-day business world. Slavin reviews such fundamentals as fast multiplication and division, converting fractions into decimals, percentages, and solving problems using simple algebra.

Book Synopsis

The fast, easy way to build your math power

Quick Business Math

Steve Slavin's step-by-step approach offers:
* Quick ways to do all kinds of business-math problems, includingbasic arithmetic, algebra, percentages, and conversions
* Specific, real-life applications such as figuring discounts, calculating simple and compound interest, reading balance sheetsand income statements, and preparing graphs and charts
* Frequent quizzes that help you check your progress
* A complete glossary of business-math terms

Quick Business Math is also packed with practice problems andexamples drawn from real-life business situations. It's thefastest, easiest way to gain the skills you need.

From the Back Cover

The fast, easy way to build your math power

Quick Business Math

Steve Slavin's step-by-step approach offers:

• Quick ways to do all kinds of business-math problems, including basic arithmetic, algebra, percentages, and conversions
• Specific, real-life applications such as figuring discounts, calculating simple and compound interest, reading balance sheets and income statements, and preparing graphs and charts
• Frequent quizzes that help you check your progress
• A complete glossary of business-math terms

Quick Business Math is also packed with practice problems and examples drawn from real-life business situations. It's the fastest, easiest way to gain the skills you need.

About the Author

STEVE SLAVIN teaches economics and mathematics at Union County College in Cranford, New Jersey. He has written several successful math guides, including All the Math You'll Ever Need, Economics: A Self-Teaching Guide, and Math for Your 1st and 2nd Grader, all available from Wiley.