McGraw-Hill’s Connect uses end-of-chapter material pulled directly from the textbook to create static and algorithmic questions that can be used for practice, homework, quizzes, and tests. All new texts come bundled with Connect Plus at no additional cost.
New vocabulary preview on two page chapter opener
New numbered learning objective for each learning unit in the chapter
New Money Tips in each learning unit
New Global economy coverage indicated by logo in chapter
New Appendix B with worked out solutions for Extra Practice Quizzes
New videos with worked out problems for Summary Practice Tests
In the last two years many banks have failed, the real estate market has changed dramatically, and business returns have been strongly affected. Unemployment has risen. New regulations on credit cards have been passed by Congress. New health plans are in the works. This new edition has coverage of these current conditions. NO OTHER BUSINESS MATH BOOK IS THIS CURRENT.
Updated currency tables and discussion of exchange rates in chapter 3
Definitions of ‘toxic’ banks in chapter 4
Updates on gas pricing and fuel usage in chapter 6
New credit card legislation covered in chapter 14
New coverage of mortgage bailouts and refinancing in chapter 15
Retained Features:
Practice quizzes at the end of each learning unit with step-by-step help on the Student DVD.
Summary Practice tests for each chapter, which the author goes over in video tutorials located on the Student DVD.
News clips throughout the text provide students with a real world view of the application of business math concepts and procedures in companies such as Disney, Home Depot, Delta, FedEx, McDonald’s and hundreds of others. Students using PBMP will learn business math as it is currently applied.
Exercises and problems drawn from articles; hundreds of diverse sources such as Google, Wal-Mart, and UPS provide high motivation for students and understanding of the broad application of the course content.
Student DVD – the first in college textbooks this tool includes a wealth of resources for study including: video tutorials that solve each learning unit practice quiz, new Summary Practice Quiz tutorials, seven video cases (one new) that apply business math concepts to real companies, Excel Templates, Self Grading Quizzes for each chapter, PowerPoint Lecture Slides, The Internet Resource Guide and web links for doing business math on the Internet, new video tutorial on how to use a calculator by the author. The DVD format allows students to use the DVD on a computer AND/OR any device (portable DVD player, Xbox etc) that plays standard DVD videos.
The Wall Street Journal Guide, included free to students, shows how business math is used in trading stocks and bonds through specially designed projects.
The Business Math Handbook, free to students, contains all tables found in the text.
Student-oriented teaching tools such as the Blueprint Aid for Solving Word Problems, color coding, Chapter Organizers, Scrapbook, etc.
Excel spreadsheet problems identified in the text allow students to run data using this popular business tool.
The Business Math Scrapbook at the end of each chapter pulls the chapter material together and allows the student to apply the chapter theory to real-life business situations with a project using a Wall Street Journal clipping or Internet resource.
An article from Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Magazine along with assignment questions is included with every chapter. This feature provides an opportunity for group study and is an excellent tool to develop critical thinking and writing skills.
A set of color plastic overlays are inserted in Chapter 13. These color graphics are intended to demonstrate for students the concepts of present value and future value, and most importantly, the basic relationship between the two.
Internet activities and text web site, affords students the opportunity to explore the World Wide Web and exploit the tremendous power of the web.
Flexible format providing “Practice Quizzes” and “Extra Practice Quizzes” for immediate student feedback, a large end-of-chapter problem section including Challenge Problems, and Homework Assignments by Learning Unit at the end of the book for instructors wishing to have students do and turn in assignments based on each learning unit.
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