Ace all of your business-related math courses with the help of this best-selling business reference - now revised and completely up-to-date! This example-filled reference provides you with the perfect course guide to be used as a supplement to standard textbooks or as a stand-alone study aid. Armed with the book and your electronic calculator, you'll be on your way to improved comprehension and top grades! Now updated to reflect the changing environment of business finance, the book includes new material on life insurance, life annuities and more. Master effective problem-solving techniques using your calculator with the help of a huge number of solved and supplementary problems - 1224 in all.The book's coverage of a wide variety of practical applications using actual business and financial transactions gives you a feel for how its done in the real world. Each chapter presents principles and formulas, together with solved problems relevant to each subtopic, followed by a set of supplementary problems with answers. In addition, you'll find review problems at the end of the book for additional study or self-testing. The chapter topics include: Exponents and logarithms; Progressions; Simple interest and discount; Compound interest and discount; Simple annuities; General and other annuities; Amortization and sinking funds; Bonds: Capital Budgeting and depreciation; Contingent payments; Life annuities and life insurance.