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DSST Business Math Vocab

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. The number you are multipliying by






2. The number of sales / number of covers






3. Commission fee - inflation rate - capital gains tax






4. Way to measure amount of product shrinkage during cooking/roasting process






5. Indicators of the confidence investors have in a company (the higher the better)






6. Money earned on an investment or paid on a loan






7. V = 1/3 pir2h






8. (simple average) adding the group of items and dividing by the total number of items






9. Parts of a whole number






10. Simple and compound






11. Identifies short-term activities to implement strategic plans






12. Tenth - .1






13. Scaling factor based on yield






14. A paper that entitles the holder to a discount on a particular item






15. Adding columns of figures horizontally and vertically to check that the totals agree






16. Per annum - yearly






17. Accounts receivable/ average daily sales






18. Costs that fluctuate






19. The difference between the highest and lowest numbers in a set of data






20. A decimal figure when x by 2400 gives an approximate annual interest rate






21. The number to be divided by






22. Costs that remain constant






23. A portion of the population being studied






24. Suggested Retail Price






25. An item of data the stays the same






26. Interest calculated on the principle






27. Compares two numbers or quantities by using division.






28. Deciding if its worth the risk






29. Merchandise inventory determined by keeping a continuous record of increases - decreases - and balance on hand






30. Real estate (houses - condos - warehouses - factories - etc)






31. You may get a large return or get nothing






32. The symbol - % - used to represent percents. For example - 1 percent would be written 1%.






33. To not spend






34. Paid dividends after the preference shares have been paid






35. When several percentages occur in successions.






36. Get temporarily






37. A number to be divided by another number






38. Percentage of the list price.






39. Electronic - portable (pocket) - computer - spreadsheets






40. A measure of how many times the value of the inventory is sold in one year.






41. The smallest number - other than zero - that can be the denominator for two or more common fractions






42. The edible-portion (EP) quantity of a food item divided by the as-purchased (AP) quantity expressed as a percentage.






43. Algebraic - arithmetic






44. The original cost of an item






45. Preference and common






46. Amount of money coming in and going out of your business monthly






47. The borrower






48.






49. The number by which a dividend is divided






50. Those which can be directly attributable to the production of a particular product or service and allocated to a particular cost centre.