Funding the Business with stocks and Bonds
The concepts of corporate debt and equity. The role of stocks in funding a business, preferred and common stock are contrasted, and the concept of bonds as debt owed to its bondholders is discussed.
Future of Business Mathematics, The
The shifting needs of the business person. While business math itself may remain constant, the mathematical needs of modern business do not.
Fractions, Decimals, and Percents
Both business people and consumers must learn to work with fractions, decimals and percents in addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
Statistics for the Business World
Emphasizes the business use of statistics, showing how appropriate statistics give a more accurate, more comprehensive picture of business growth and trends.
Depreciating Business Assets
The advantages, from a business perspective, of spreading the value of an asset over several years. This lesson also distinguishes between tangible and intangible assets.
Notes and Bank Discounts
Promissory notes, how and when they are used, methods for determining the due date, face vale and rate, are the subject.
Communicating with Graphs and Charts
The advantages of visual representation of statistical data and how this can work to a business's advantage in reporting and marketing.
Cash Flow and Financial Ratios
An introduction to the ways in which the health of a business is determined. The shortcomings of balance sheets and income statements are used to demonstrate why additional financial calculations are valuable.
Compound Interest
What is the difference between simple and compound interest? Also, illustrated how and when compound interest is used as well as introduce the basics of savings accounts and time deposit accounts.
Sales and Property Taxes
The concept of taxation; why taxes are paid, various kinds of taxes and what we get in return for our tax dollars.