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Basic Mathematics
A revision primer for management students
T WEGNER
Basic Mathematics is aimed primarily at Management students who intend to write the GMAT (Graduate Management Admission Council) test for which a strong foundation in the fundamentals of basic Mathematics is essential.
The areas of Mathematics required for the GMAT test consist of four main topics: basic arithmetic; fundamental algebra; geometry; and introductory statistics. After a brief review of each topic’s basic rules and methods, there is at least one worked example followed by an extensive set of self-practice exercises. The student should attempt as many exercises as is necessary to master the topic.
978 1 48510 200 7 ZAR 978 1 48511 383 6 ZAR 2e REVISED REPRINT 2016 164 PAGES
R349.00 R374.00
CONTENTS
• Basic arithmetic: Mental arithmetic – the beginnings
• Numbers
• Arithmetic operations on numbers
• Fractions
• Decimals
• Indices (or powers)
• Percentages
• Applications of percentages – word
problems
• Ratios
• Proportion
• Speed, distance, time
• Rates of work/flow
• Quick-and-dirty arithmetic
• Fundamental algebra: Basic concepts:
terms and expressions
• Forming algebraic expressions
• Operations on algebraic expressions
• Operations on algebraic fractions
• Indices
• Algebraic equations
• Factorising
• Graphs and equations (straight line
and parabola)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
• Solving simultaneous equations • Inequalities
• Break-even analysis
• Geometry: Triangles
• Area of rectangles and triangles
• Perimeter of rectangles, squares and
triangles • Circles
• Cuboid
• Cylinders
• Basic statistics: Central location
measures (average, weighted average,
median)
• Standard deviation (S)
• Sets and probability
• Bar charts
• Counting rules: factorials,
combinations and permutations • Probability trees
• Appendices: Pre-revision test
• Post-revision test
• Solutions to exercises
• Solutions to pre-revision test
• Solutions to post-revision test
Trevor Wegner is currently an independent statistical consultant. He is a former associate professor in Statistical Sciences at the University of Cape Town and has a M.Bus.Sc (UCT), an M.Sc. (Sussex University) and a PhD (UCT). He is the author of Applied Business Statistics and Quantitative Methods for Marketing Decisions, both published by Juta.
SUITABLE FOR
• Management students writing the GMAT text
• Students wanting a general revision of basis Mathematics.
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