Cengage Learning Contemporary Mathematics for Business and Consumers

Product Description Now even the most uncertain students can overcome math anxiety and confidently master key mathematical concepts and their business applications with Brechner/Bergeman CONTEMPORARY MATHEMATICS FOR BUSINESS AND CONSUMERS, 7E. This unique modular approach invites students into a successful, interactive learning experience with numerous real-world business examples and integrated teaching technology. The author continues to incorporate a proven step-by-step instructional model that allows students to progress one topic at a time without being intimidated or overwhelmed. This new edition offers a fresh, reader-friendly design with a wealth of revised and new engaging learning features that connect the latest business news to chapter topics and provide helpful personal money tips. Students immediately practice concepts to reinforce learning and hone essential skills with this edition's more than 2,000 new, revised, and proven exercises, including new Excel® spreadsheet problems and detailed calculator sequences. A complete suite of supplemental teaching and learning technology offers the CengageNOW course management system integrated with the exceptional MathCue™ software. Created by award-winning educator and software developer George Bergeman, MathCue™ now offers more than 15,000 homework and test questions with complete step-by-step solutions for each problem to provide targeted help and remediation for students. CengageNOW with MathCue™ works with this engaging new edition of CONTEMPORARY MATHEMATICS FOR BUSINESS AND CONSUMERS to give students the support and confidence they need for success in business math today. About the Author Robert A. Brechner was Professor Emeritus, School of Business, at Miami Dade College -- the largest multi-campus community college in the country. For 42 years he taught business math, principles of business, marketing, advertising, public relations, management and personal finance. He was Adjunct Professor at Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton; International Fine Arts College, Miami; and Florida International University School of Journalism and Mass Communications. In addition to CONTEMPORARY MATHEMATICS, Mr. Brechner authored numerous successful texts highlighting annuities, management, business math and applied math, and he consulted widely with industrial companies. George Bergeman's teaching career of more 25 years began as a Peace Corps Volunteer at a small college in West Africa and continued at Northern Virginia Community College, one of the largest multi-campus colleges in the country. Teaching awards include Faculty Member of the Year honors at his campus. From the first edition onward, Mr. Bergeman closely collaborated with Mr. Brechner in support of CONTEMPORARY MATHEMATICS. He developed the MathCue.Business™ software package. which accompanied the first six editions of the text, and began co-authoring the text in the seventh edition. Mr. Bergeman continues to strengthen the book's support package with improvements, such as videos to accompany each text objective. In addition to his work on CONTEMPORARY MATHEMATICS, Mr. Bergeman has authored and developed a variety of software packages, including a statistics software/workbook combination and packages to support finite math, math of finance, calculus and developmental math.