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Business Math -I

Rintu Anthony

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Basic Math

 Fractions and decimals


 Proper: When denominator is greater than numerator
 Improper fractions: When denominator is less than numerator
 Mixed numbers

 Rounding up of decimal

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  Fraction:
 Ans: 2.5
 Improper fraction
 Question : ¾ (proper )

 Mixed Number : 3
 ((3*2) +5)/2 = 11/2 = 5.5

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Rounding of decimal

 If you have to round this number to 2 decimals : 5.2341


 Ans: 5.23
 If you have to round this number to 2 decimals : 5.2351
 Ans: 5.24
 If you have to round this number to 2 decimals : 5.2346

 5.5 rounded answer :6


 5.4 rounded answer:5

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BO->exponential->D (division)M(multiplication)-
>AS (add & subtraction)

1.
 20-4*2-8
 
20-8-8
20-16=4 or 12-8 =4

 30-6/3+5 = 33

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 72/(3*2^2)-6 (remember to solve the exponential term first)
72/(3*4)-6
72/12-6
6-6=0

72/(3*2)^2-6
72/6^2-6
72/36-6
2-6
-4
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  100*[
 Ans: 204

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Percentages

 n/total *100
 If you are getting 25 marks out of 50 , then percentage = 50%
 750 out of 1000, 75%

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Payroll calculation

 Monthly = Annual /12


 Semi monthly= Annual /24
 Biweekly= Annual /26

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 Benazir’s annual salary is $45,000. Her regular workweek consists of four 10-hour
workdays. She is eligible for overtime at “time and a half” on time worked in excess of
10 hours per day or 40 hours per week. Determine her gross earnings in a pay period if
 a. she is paid semimonthly.
 b. she is paid biweekly.
 c. she works 6 hours of overtime in a biweekly pay period.

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Piecework earnings

 Piecework earnings= number of units*piecework rate


 An orchardist pays apple pickers $10 per hour plus $8 per 100 kg of apples picked. If a
worker picks, on average, 180 kg of apples per hour for a 40-hour workweek, what are
the worker’s gross earnings for the week?

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 James manages a men’s clothing store for a national chain. His monthly remuneration
has three components: a $2500 base salary, plus 2% of the amount by which the store’s
total sales volume for the month exceeds $40,000, plus 8% of the amount by which his
personal sales exceed $4000. Calculate his gross compensation for a month in which
his sales totalled $9900 and other staff had sales amounting to $109,260.

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