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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 to be divided by






2. The length of the loan






3. A way of expressing a change from an original amount to a new amount without using a percentage sign.






4. Will not decay or rot






5. Scaling factor based on yield






6. The total of units multiplied by the price






7. Interest calculated on the principle






8. The final figures






9. The number by which a dividend is divided






10. When two ratios are equal






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






12. Detailed instructions describing the way a particular foodservice operation prepares a particular dish






13. A chart that shows the balance of the mortgage after each amortization period






14. Allows you to buy merchandise from a supplier and pay at a later - specified date.






15. The unexpected variablility of returns






16. Outside numbers in a ratio.






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






18. The amount of money borrowed is less than 75% of the purchase price






19. The national average cost of a drug product to a pharmacy; however - in practice this simply 'benchmark' price set by manufacturers.






20. To not spend






21. A comparison of two numbers






22. The new percent obtained by subtracting the change percent from 100%.






23. 3am or 4am when most people are in a deep sleep.






24.






25. Loans to companies or goverments (no voting rights)






26. Share of the profits of a company






27. The lowest number in a group of data






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






29. A bill






30. The money paid to an employee based on a percentage of their sales






31. Security for a loan






32. The basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)






33. A cost that rises or falls depending on how much is produced






34. More than one frequently occuring value in a group of data






35. Simple and compound






36. A metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram






37. Costs that remain constant






38. Cost of the an item/# of portions it contains.






39. The highest number in a group of data






40. N. items or materials needed for something such as a business - expedition - or vessel






41. A contract giving someone the right to use something for a certain length of time






42. # of servings of an item / total number of servings of all items in that category each day






43. Basic unit of volume in the metric system






44. Per day






45. Cash or assets that can quickly be converted into cash.






46. Used when the each piece of data has more than one component






47. V = e 3






48. A decimal system of weights and measures based on the meter and the kilogram and the second






49. The number you are multipliying by






50. The score that falls in the middle