Business Math for Dummies -- About the Author -- Dedication -- Author's Acknowledgments -- Contents at a Glance -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- About This Book -- Conventions Used in This Book -- What You're Not to Read -- Foolish Assumptions -- How This Book Is Organized -- Icons Used in This Book -- Where to Go from Here -- Part I: Reviewing Basic Math for Business and Real Estate Transactions -- Chapter 1: Starting from the Beginning -- Fracturing the Myths about Fractions, Decimals, and Percents -- Capitalizing on Patterns in Formulas -- Finding the Power in Exponents -- Doing Some Serious Counting -- Painting a Pretty Picture -- Chapter 2: Fractions, Decimals, and Percents -- Changing from Fractions to Decimals -- Converting Decimals to Fractions -- Understanding the Relationship between Percents and Decimals -- Coming to Grips with Fractions -- Chapter 3: Determining Percent Increase and Decrease -- Working with Percent Increase -- Looking into Percent Decrease -- Chapter 4: Dealing with Proportions and Basic Algebra -- Setting Up Proportions -- Solving Proportions for Missing Values -- Handling Basic Linear Equations -- Comparing Values with Variation -- Part II: Taking Intriguing Math to Work -- Chapter 5: Working with Formulas -- Familiarizing Yourself with a Formula -- Simplifying and Solving a Formula -- Computing with Technology -- Chapter 6: Reading Graphs and Charts -- Organizing Scattered Information with a Scatter Plot -- Lining Up Data with Line Graphs -- Measuring Frequency with Histograms -- Taking a Piece of a Pie Chart -- Chapter 7: Measuring the World around You -- Converting from Unit to Unit -- Making Sense of the Metric System -- Discovering How to Properly Measure Lumber -- Measuring Angles by Degrees -- Chapter 8: Analyzing Data and Statistics -- Organizing Raw Data -- Finding the Average.

Factoring in Standard Deviation -- Part III: Discovering the Math of Finance and Investments -- Chapter 9: Computing Simple and Compound Interest -- Understanding the Basics of Interest -- Simply Delightful: Working with Simple Interest -- Getting to Know Compound Interest -- Determining How Variable Changes Affect Money Accumulation -- Chapter 10: Investing in the Future -- Calculating Investments Made with Lump Sums -- Going the Annuity Route -- Computing the Payout from an Annuity -- Chapter 11: Understanding and Managing Investments -- Interpreting the Daily Stock Market Quotations -- Wrangling with the Ratios -- Making Use of Your Broker -- Chapter 12: Using Loans and Credit to Make Purchases -- Taking Note of Promissory and Discount Notes -- Borrowing with a Conventional Loan -- Working with Installment Loans -- Part IV: Putting Math to Use in Banking and Payroll -- Chapter13: Managing Simple Bank Accounts -- Doing Business with Banks -- Balancing Act: How You and the Bank Use Your Account Balance -- Reconciling Your Account -- Chapter 14: Protecting Against Risk with Insurance -- Surveying the Types of Insurance Available -- Living It Up with Life Insurance -- Protecting Yourself from Loss by Insuring Your Property -- Chapter 15: Planning for Success with Budgets -- Choosing the Right Type of Budget -- Cashing In on Cash Budgets -- Varying with a Flexible Budget -- Budgeting Across the Months -- Measuring Differences with Variance Analysis -- Chapter 16: Dealing with Payroll -- Pay Up: Calculating Employee Earnings -- Subtracting Payroll Deductions -- Part V: Successfully Handling the Math Used in the World of Goods and Services -- Chapter 17: Pricing with Markups and Discounts -- Examining Markups and Retail Prices -- Exploring Discount Pricing -- Chapter 18: Calculating Profit, Revenue, and Cost -- Figuring Profit from Revenue and Cost.

What's It Gonna Be? Projecting Cost -- Determining Break-Even Volume -- Chapter 19: Accounting for Overhead and Depreciation -- Keeping an Eye on Overhead Costs -- Getting the Lowdown on Depreciation -- Chapter 20: Keeping Track of Inventory -- Controlling Inventory and Turnover -- FIFO and LIFO: Giving Order to Inventory -- Determining Economic Order Quantity -- Part VI: Surviving the Math for Business Facilities and Operations -- Chapter 21: Measuring Properties -- Exploring Area and Perimeter Formulas for Different Figures -- Squaring Off with Square Measurements -- Determining Cost per Foot -- Measuring Irregular Spaces -- Describing Property with Metes and Bounds -- Understanding the Rectangular Survey System -- Chapter 22: Taking Out Mortgages and Property-Related Loans -- Closing In on Closing Costs -- Amortizing Loans with Three Different Methods -- Going Off Schedule with Amortized Loans and Mortgages -- Talking about Borrowing Power -- Investigating Alternative Loans -- Part VII:The Part of Tens -- Chapter 23: Ten Tips for Leasing and Managing Rental Property -- Getting the Full Treatment with a Gross Lease -- Using a Single Net Lease to Get Your Tenant to Share the Expenses -- Signing a Double or Triple Net Lease -- Trying Out a Percentage Lease -- Stepping It Up with a Step Lease -- Inserting Expense Provisions into Your Lease -- Including an Allowance for Improvements in Your Lease -- Protecting Your Lease with a Security Deposit -- Adding a Sublease Clause to Your Commercial Lease -- Deciding Whether You Should Renew, Renegotiate, or Break a Lease -- Chapter 24: Ten Things to Watch Out for When Reading Financial Reports -- Apologies for Shortfalls -- Blurring in the Overall Picture -- Wishy-Washy Descriptions of Trends -- An Overabundance of Footnotes -- Listings of the Directors -- Uncollected Revenues -- A High Working Capital.

Long-Term Debt -- Low Profit Margins -- Warning Words -- Index.