The Business Math course is ACE recommended for college credit transfer!
ACE Credit Recommendation Reference Number: CFTA-0018 (CFT Course Code: A236)
Course Description and Audience:
This course provides a comprehensive coverage of personal and business related math topics. After successfully completing this course, you will be able to: understand how ratios, payments, interest, etc. are calculated; understand how gross and net pay are calculated; understand the different types of banking accounts and how business math applies to them; calculate loan payments and interest; understand the cost of credit; calculate mortgage payments, including insurance costs; calculate life insurance premiums; estimate technology costs; and understand employee recruitment expenses, including the cost of part-time vs. full-time employees.
The Business Math textbook chapter topics include:
- Whole Numbers: How to Dissect and Solve Word Problems
- Fractions
- Decimals
- Banking Equations
- Solving for the Unknown: A How-To Approach for Solving Equations
- Percents and Their Applications
- Discounts: Trade and Cash
- Markups and Markdowns
- Calculating Various Types of Employees’ Gross Pay
- Simple Interest
- Promissory Notes, Simple Discount Notes, and the Discount Process
- Compound Interest and Present Value
Audience: Anyone wishing to sharpen their business math skills
Diploma and Certificate Applications:
- Introduction to Financial Services Certificate
- General Financial Services Diploma
- Advanced Financial Services Diploma
- Introduction to Financial Services Operations Certificate
- Financial Services Operations Diploma
- Introduction to Credit Analysis Certificate
- Real Estate Lending Diploma
- Consumer Lending Diploma
- Commercial Lending Diploma
- Agricultural Lending Diploma
- Financial Services Management Diploma
- Professional Teller Certificate
- Universal Banker Certificate
- Universal Banker Diploma
- Financial Services Marketing Diploma
- Introduction to Accounting Certificate
eBook access included in tuition
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Instructor
Marta Carey
Marta started her banking career in 1990 as a teller and worked her way up to Employment Officer, in charge of bank-wide training and hiring. In 1994 Marta began volunteering for her local Center for... read more.