Basic Business Math: Using Whole Numbers and Decimals

Overview/Description
An understanding of basic mathematical principles is important for any businessperson. Math skills enable you to figure out resource requirements, estimate costs, work out average time spent on different activities, and calculate commission earnings. The ability to analyze and comprehend numbers is a vital skill for personal, as well as corporate, growth and success. This course builds on the basic math skills that you learned in your school years, showing you how to apply those skills to some common business situations. And it helps you to confidently use whole numbers and decimals in business through a series of real-life problems and examples.

Target Audience
Individuals wanting to gain, develop, or refine their basic business math skills

Expected Duration (hours)
1.0

Lesson Objectives

Basic Business Math: Using Whole Numbers and Decimals

estimate using rounded whole numbers in a given scenario

identify the characteristics of whole numbers

identify which fractional amount is the largest when comparing a simple fraction, a percentage, and a ratio

put fractional amounts in order from smallest to greatest

add and subtract decimals to solve business problems

multiply and divide decimals to solve business problems