Business Math For Dummies [Paperback]

Mary Jane Sterling (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0470233311 | ISBN-13: 978-0470233313 | Publication Date: June 30, 2008 | Edition: 1

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.

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Features tons of formulas and practice problems to hone your skills

The fun and easy way to do financial computations to be successful in business

Are you baffled by business math? Never fear — this easy-to-understand guide explains complex formulas and concepts in plain English and shows you how to use them day to day on the job. From using basic algebra to solve proportions and statistics to analyze data to reading financial statements, calculating wages and commissions, and managing investments, you'll gain the skills you need to conduct real-world business.

Discover how to:

• Apply formulas and theories to everyday business

• Navigate payroll situations

• Use formulas in spreadsheets

• Manage inventory or properties

• Improve your analytical thinking

About the Author

Mary Jane Sterling is the author of four other For Dummies titles: Algebra For Dummies, Algebra II For Dummies, Trigonometry For Dummies, and Math Word Problems For Dummies. She has honed her math-explaining skills during her years of teaching mathematics at all levels: junior high school, high school, and college. She has been teaching at Bradley University, in Peoria, Illinois, for almost 30 of those years.
When not teaching or writing, Mary Jane keeps busy by working with her Kiwanis Club, advising Bradley University’s Circle K Club, and working with members of the Heart of Illinois Aktion Club (for adults with disabilities). All the volunteer projects taken on for these clubs help keep her busy and involved in the community.

Product Details

• Paperback: 388 pages
• Publisher: For Dummies; 1 edition (June 30, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0470233311
• ISBN-13: 978-0470233313
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #174,823 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Mary Jane Sterling teaches mathematics at Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois. She has been teaching mathematics for over 30 years.

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing , plain Jane, July 6, 2009

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Victor L. Nazaire "book learning passion" (Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Business Math For Dummies (Paperback)

I am really sorry for the pun ( plain Jane )in the title I gave but I was expecting more than a boring rehash .
It seems the book has been put together to advertise for other books written by the author previously for the Dummies series.

An example of this : on page 14 in the paragraph before the last she writes " Tables of information can be transformed into spreadsheets of matrices ...(Matrices aren't covered in this book, but if you'd like, you can find information on them in Algebra II For Dummies, published by Wiley).

She did not even mention she is the author of this Algebra II . I could give other examples of plugs either for her other Dummies books or writer colleagues in the Dummies series.

NO problems or exercises to solve at the end of each chapter with their solutions but one or two lone simple solved problems after explaining the concept.

On page 12, to explain Exponents , she took three lonely short lines and that's it.

The numbers are difficult to read as they are printed in small size , as for example on fractions : you will need strong correcting lenses to read the fractions .

She tends to take one full page to explain " rounding to the nearer digit " with only three examples. I would have preferred fewer words to explain but MORE solved exercises.

Nevertheless, she did take the time to explain the concepts with a simple exercise or problem.

Worth reading ? Yes, but to gain a command you will need a Schaum's Outline Business Mathematics Schaum's Outline of Basic Business Mathematics, 2ed (Schaum's Outline Series) to really feel in control.

0 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Quality Service, September 22, 2010

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0 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Math for Dummies, July 21, 2008

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Carole Temple (Springfield, Illinois) - See all my reviews
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I have looked at the book that I purchased-Math for Dummies. I actually bought this book to go with a class that I am going to be taking in the fall semester at school. Im sure that it will be very helpful in my study.