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DSST Business Math

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1. Use compliments - Step 1 Find compliments 25% = 100-25%= 75% - 10%= 90% - 10%=90% Step 2 Multiple Compliments 75%x90%x90% .75x.90x.90= .6075 Step 3 Convert to Percentage .6075= 60.75% Step 4 Compliment it 100%-60.75%= 39.35%






2. The average person will have _ jobs in their lifetime.






3. Assets - cost of goods sold - expenses






4. Gross margin dollars/Net sales dollars (multiply by 100 to express as percentage) or (Selling price - cost) x 100 / Selling price






5. A team won 16 games and lost 9 games. What percent of games did the team lose?






6. (TY-LY)/ LY or (Plan-Actual)/






7. Formula: GM = NS - COG; GM$ = NS$ X GM%






8. The average car payment is $_ per month for _ months.






9. A measure of the number of days needed to collect accounts receivable.






10. Loss of items due to damaged goods - stealing - etc.






11. $ retail x (100%-markup)






12. Sales - cost of goods sold






13. Convert 3 to a percent






14. The wholesale cost of goods plus the markup






15. Shortage$ = book$ - physical count$; shortage% = shortage$/NS$






16. Convert 14% to a fraction






17. Net Sales for period/ Avg Stock for period






18. BOM $ Stock/ Sales for period






19. Direct labor - factory overhead - merchandise inventory - packaging - raw material






20. Advertising - bad debt expense - conributions and donations - depreciation - educational expense - insurance - interest expense - licenses - office supplies - postage - rent - repairs - salaries and wages - supplies - taxes - travel and transportatio






21. Capital stock - owner's equity (owner's funds invested in the business)






22. When slaes plans are overestimated and the stock purchases result in a stockpiled inventory






23. Convert .36 to a percent






24. ($ Retail x 100 / COST) - 100






25. Accounts receivable - buildings - cash - copyrights - equiptment - furniture and fixtures - land - tomor vehicles






26. Date of invoice - the cash discount terms will have no dating within the discount statement; ex: 4/10 - n/30






27. A plane flies 980 miles in 1 2/3 hours. How many miles does the plane average per hour






28. End of month; dating starts with the end of the month and the invoice is to be paid within the specified number of days after the end of the month in which goods are invoiced; ex: 8/10 EOM - n/90






29. Inside numbers in a ratio.






30. Wholesale cost






31. Convert .62 to a percent






32. accounts receivable/ average daily sales






33. Planned Sales + Planned Markdowns + Planned EOM - Planned BOM






34. Outside numbers in a ratio.






35. Liabilities - capital - income






36. $ Cost x (100 + Mark-up %) / 100






37. Total Net Sales / Total Number of Transactions






38. total fixed costs/ selling price-variable cost






39. Accounts payable - bonds - notes payable (bank loans) - provisions for pensions






40. The value of the inventory as kept in the handwritten ledgers or computer system; formula: book$ = merchandise available$ - NS$ - (MD$ + ED$)






41. Multiply the number by 1-the decrease proportion - e.g. 16(1-0.25) = 160.75 = 12 - 12 is a 25% decrease of 16






42. To take advantage of the 6% cash discount - a retailer made a $2 -000 partial payment during the discount period. How much was the retailer credited for the $2 -000 partial payment?






43. Convert .4 to a percent






44. Convert 10/11 to a percent






45. Convert 56% to a decimal






46. When sales plans are underestimated and the stock purchases result in a low inventory






47. A count of every item on the floor - in stock rooms - warehouse - etc. to determine whether shortages or overages are occuring






48. 1. develop a vision statement for the company - 2. scan the internal and external environments - 3. determine issues critical to the company - 4. select the problem to be solved - 5. determine the specific strategy to achieve the solution - 6. identi






49. A/b






50. $ Cost/ (100%-markup%)