MATH FOR BUSINESS AND FINANCE: AN ALGEBRAIC APPROACH

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. Sharon has been teaching Business Math at Pikes Peak Community College for almost 20 years. Technological enhancements providing students with around-the-clock learning tools through the use of Smartbook and Connect have become important parts of both her face-to-face and online courses. Making content easy to understand and applicable to students' lives continues to be Sharon's focus.

CHAPTER 1 Problem Solving with Math
CHAPTER 2 Fractions
CHAPTER 3 Percents and Their Applications
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
CHAPTER 9 Risk Management
CHAPTER 10 Installment Buying and Revolving Charge Credit Cards
CHAPTER 11 Discounts: Trade and Cash
CHAPTER 12 Markups and Markdowns: Perishables and Breakeven Analysis
CHAPTER 13 How to Read, Analyze, and Interpret Financial Reports
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
CHAPTER 21 Stocks, Bonds, and Mutual Funds