Business Math

Business mathematics is mathematics used by commercial enterprises to record and manage business operations. Commercial organizations use mathematics inaccounting, inventory management, marketing, sales forecasting, and financial analysis. Mathematics typically used in commerce includes elementary arithmetic,elementary algebra, statistics and probability. Business management can be made more effective in some cases by use of more advanced mathematics such as calculus, matrix algebra and linear programming.

Business Mathematics is very important for modern business management. The forecasting and operating procedures are based primarily on business mathematics. Things such as simple interest and compound interest show a company what it will lose or get over the years if it invests in a particular asset. Business mathematics also helps in cost and price calculations which are the basis of cash inflows and outflows that all companies have to deal with.

In academia, Business Mathematics includes mathematics courses taken at an undergraduate level by business students at University. These courses are slightly less difficult and do not always go into the same depth as other mathematics courses for people majoring in mathematics or science fields. The two most common math courses taken in this form are Business Calculus and Business Statistics. Examples used for problems in these courses are usually real-life problems from the business world to help students gain a more detailed understanding.

An example of the differences in coursework from a business mathematics course and a regular mathematics course would be calculus. In a regular calculus course, students would study trigonometric functions. Business calculus would not studytrigonometric functions because it would be time-consuming and useless to most business students, except perhaps economics majors. Economics majors who plan to continue economics in graduate school are strongly encouraged to take regular