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FBM TEXT FUNDAMENTALS OF BUSINESS MATHEMATICS
SEVENTH EDITION
Walter E. Williams / James H. Reed
ISBN: 0-918091-23-3 or 978-0-918091-23-9
 
   
Fundamentals of Business Mathematics is geared towards the first-year college student and provides basic skills in business mathematics. As in previous editions, the philosophy of the book is still “learning by doing,” and the method is the successful explanation-example-exercise format. The book covers traditional topics in business mathematics along with a wide selection of related topics such as taxes, insurance, statistics, and the metric system. The text is designed to be flexible for the instructor. The wealth of topics and the text design permits the instructor to tailor his or her course for any term length and level of student maturity.
Chapter 1:
Review of Arithmetic
  Chapter 2:  
Formulas, Ratios, and Percent
  Chapter 3:  
Commercial Discounts
  Chapter 4:  
Pricing and Inventory Control
  Chapter 5:  
Payrolls and Banking
  Chapter 6:  
Taxes
  Chapter 7:  
Simple Interest
  Chapter 8:  
Compound Interest
  Chapter 9:  
Simple Discount
  Chapter 10:  
Consumer Credit
  Chapter 11:  
Annuities
  Chapter 12:  
Sinking Funds and Amortization
  Chapter 13:  
Securities
  Chapter 14:  
Topics in Accounting
  Chapter 15:  
Insurance
  Chapter 16:  
Statistics and Graphs
  Chapter 17:  
The Metric