Business Math - Hardcover

Cleaves, Cheryl; Hobbs, Margie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0130946907 ISBN 13: 9780130946904

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 2001

Synopsis

Authors' Philosophy

Business Math, 7th Edition reflects more than 25 years of author involvement with business math education and the business community. Our teaching experience and our continuing interaction with business math instructors and students keep us on top of the changing needs of our students and their employers. Our focus in this edition is on linking mathematics with real business practices in real businesses. We hope this focus helps students gain a better appreciation for and understanding of the concepts that are vital in the business world. In the text and supplement package, we strive to provide both students and instructors with a full range of resources in print and electronic form to suit a variety of teaching and learning styles. The new standard book package includes the text packaged with the ReviewMaster Tutorial CD, the print Study Guide, and access to the Math Tutor Center (telephone tutor service), all at no additional cost to the student.

About this title

From the Back Cover

With a strong commitment to educational innovation, Cleaves & Hobbs' BUSINESS MATH, Sixth Edition, brings a whole new look to this nationally prominent text. The pedagogy and design of the text exist for one reason: helping today's business math student comfortably work with mathematics and confidently tackle the challenges presented in the business world.

The lineup includes:

• Decision Key approach to problem solving
• Learning Strategies to facilitate the learning process
• Spreadsheet Exercises
• Study Wizard for interactive practice, self tests and searchable glossary
• Good Decisions Through Teamwork
• Learning Outcomes
• How-To Boxes
• Self-Checks with complete solutions
• Tip Boxes
• Around the Business World applications
• Assignment Exercises with answers to odd-numbered questions
• Concepts Analysis exercises
• Chapter Overview
• Words to Know list with page number references
• Chapter Practice Tests with answers to odd-numbered questions
• Glossary/Index

Authors Cheryl Cleaves and Margie Hobbs, leaders in their field, focused their efforts in this new edition on developing the student's critical thinking skills and collaborative learning processes―through the "Decision Key" and teamwork problems, the concepts analysis exercises, and the extensive list of student projects―conforming to the directives outlined in the AMATYC standards, NCTM and NBEA standards, and the SCANS guidelines.

You will excel using BUSINESS MATH, Sixth Edition. Cleaves and Hobbs have done and will continue to do whatever it takes to make this book the best one for students and instructors in your business math course.

Cheryl and Margie welcome your e-mail questions and comments:
cleaves@bellsouth.net or mjhobbs@watervalley.net

Edition details

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0130946907
• ISBN 13: 9780130946904
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 6