This edition continues a tradition of demonstrating fundamental mathematical concepts through the use of examples taken from real-world applications in such areas as banking, the hotel/motel industry, retail, and real estate. Coverage encompasses all areas of business mathematics, beginning with whole number and decimals, and bringing students along, step-by-step, through fractions, percents, statistics, and equations, to specifics of business-related mathematics applications such as payroll, discounts, markup/markdown, interest, credit, depreciation, inventory, insurance, taxes, and more.