Copyright Goodheart-Willcox Co., Inc. xiii Amplify Your Learning Content is presented in an easy-to- comprehend and relevant format. Activities relate everyday learning to enable you to experience real- life communication situations and challenges. • Each chapter opens with a pretest and concludes with a posttest. The pretest will help you evaluate your prior knowledge of the chapter content. The posttest will help you evaluate what you have learned after studying the chapter. • The Essential Question at the beginning of each section will engage you as you uncover the important points presented in the content. • A Case Study presents situations that challenge you to answer thought-provoking questions about real-world scenarios. • Research skills are critical for success in college and career. Internet Research activities at the end of each chapter provide opportunities to put them to work. • A You Do the Math activity in each chapter focuses on skills that are important to your understanding of math for business. You are given an opportunity to apply math concepts in that context of business applications. • A Math Skills Handbook provides you with a quick reference for basic math functions. This helpful information will help clarify business math that is presented in the chapters.