BUSINESS MATHEMATICS EXAM Q&A
asset - ANSWER-money or property that has any worth to your business
accounts receivable - ANSWER-money customers owe your business
liability - ANSWER-amount you owe
accounts payable - ANSWER-when a business owes money to another business
creditor - ANSWER-a person or business to whom you are liable
capital - ANSWER-the amount of money invested (assets) minus the business liabilities
Capital = Assets - Liabilities - ANSWER-accounting equation for capital
balance sheet - ANSWER-a statement of financial condition which shows the business's
assets, liabilities, and capital
accounting - ANSWER-the keeping of money records
addition - ANSWER-the arithmetic process of combining numbers to reach a total
addends - ANSWER-the numbers combined in an addition problem
sum - ANSWER-the total in an addition problem
cash receipts - ANSWER-money earned/received
cash payments - ANSWER-money owed/saved
deficit - ANSWER-more payments than receipts
excess - ANSWER-more receipts than payments
minuend - ANSWER-the number being decreased in a subtraction problem
subtrahend - ANSWER-the amount of reduction in a subtraction problem
difference - ANSWER-the remaining amount in a subtraction problem
asset - ANSWER-money or property that has any worth to your business
accounts receivable - ANSWER-money customers owe your business
liability - ANSWER-amount you owe
accounts payable - ANSWER-when a business owes money to another business
creditor - ANSWER-a person or business to whom you are liable
capital - ANSWER-the amount of money invested (assets) minus the business liabilities
Capital = Assets - Liabilities - ANSWER-accounting equation for capital
balance sheet - ANSWER-a statement of financial condition which shows the business's
assets, liabilities, and capital
accounting - ANSWER-the keeping of money records
addition - ANSWER-the arithmetic process of combining numbers to reach a total
addends - ANSWER-the numbers combined in an addition problem
sum - ANSWER-the total in an addition problem
cash receipts - ANSWER-money earned/received
cash payments - ANSWER-money owed/saved
deficit - ANSWER-more payments than receipts
excess - ANSWER-more receipts than payments
minuend - ANSWER-the number being decreased in a subtraction problem
subtrahend - ANSWER-the amount of reduction in a subtraction problem
difference - ANSWER-the remaining amount in a subtraction problem