TY - BOOK AU - Olivier,Jean-Paul ED - Open Textbook Library TI - Business Math: A Step-by-Step Handbook T2 - Open textbook library AV - QA37.3 CY - Minneapolis, MN PB - Open Textbook Library KW - Applied mathematics KW - Textbooks N1 - PART 1: Mathematic Fundamentals for Business -- Chapter 1: How To Use This Textbook -- Chapter 2: Back to the Basics -- Chapter 3: General Business Management Applications -- PART 2: Applications in Human Resources, Economics, Marketing, and Accounting -- Chapter 4: Human Resource & Economic Applications -- Chapter 5: Marketing and Accounting Fundamentals -- Chapter 6: Marketing Applications -- Chapter 7: Accounting Applications -- PART 3: Applications in Finance, Banking, and Investing: Working With Single Payments -- Chapter 8: Simple Interest: Working With Single Payment & Applications -- Chapter 9: Compound Interest: Working With Single Payments -- Chapter 10: Compound Interest: Applications Involving Single Payments -- PART 4: Applications in FInance, Banking, and Investing: Working With A Continuous Series of Payments (Annuities) -- Chapter 11: Compound Interest: Annuities -- Chapter 12: Compound Interest: Special Applications of Annuities -- PART 5: Applications in Finance, Banking, and Investing: Amortization and Special Concepts -- Chapter 13: Understanding Amortization & Its Applications -- Chapter 14: Bonds and Sinking Funds -- Chapter 15: Making Good Decisions N2 - Business Mathematics was written to meet the needs of a twenty-first century student. It takes a systematic approach to helping students learn how to think and centers on a structured process termed the PUPP Model (Plan, Understand, Perform, and Present). This process is found throughout the text and in every guided example to help students develop a step-by-step problem-solving approach. This textbook simplifies and integrates annuity types and variable calculations, utilizes relevant algebraic symbols, and is integrated with the Texas Instruments BAII+ calculator. It also contains structured exercises, annotated and detailed formulas, and relevant personal and professional applications in discussion, guided examples, case studies, and even homework questions UR - https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/642 ER -