KEY BENEFITS: Designed as a true teaching text, this book guides readers through clear, detailed explanations of the principles and practices of business mathematics. The Fifth Edition has been updated and improved to reflect the latest tools and techniques and to help users actively participate in their learning. KEY TOPICS: Text covers whole numbers, fractions, decimal numbers, percent, bank records, payroll, insurance, financial statement analysis, the mathematics of buying and selling, simple interest, bank discount loans, using installment loans, using compound interest and present value, investments, real estate mathematics, inventory and overhead, depreciation, taxes and statistics and graphs. MARKET: For business, real estate and other professionals requiring a review of principles and practices of business math at the arithmetic level.