Includes appendix and index.

Contents: Whole numbers: how to dissect and solve word problems -- Fractions -- Decimals -- Banking -- Solving for the unknown: a how-to approach for solving equations -- Percents and their applications -- Discounts: Trade and cash -- Markups and markdowns: perishables and breakeven analysis -- Payroll -- Simple interest -- Promissory notes, simple discount notes, and the discount process -- Compound interest and present value: Annuities and the sinking funds -- Installment buying -- The cost of home ownership -- How to read, analyse, and interpret financial reports -- Depreciation -- Inventory and overhead -- Sales, excise, and property taxes -- Life, fire and auto insurance -- Stocks, bonds, and mutual funds -- Business statistics.