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Numbers for Business
The everyday numbers every business runs on: percentages, ratios, pricing, interest and break-even. A season is five episodes, one metric each, with its practice pack and one certificate at the end.
Seasons
Choose a season
Each season is five episodes on metrics that belong together, with the practice pack for every metric and one certificate. Launch prices are shown.
Season 1 · 5 episodes
Numbers at work
Check that the figures are right: percentages, VAT, discounts and sensible rounding.
- Percentage of an amount
- Percentage change
- VAT inclusive and exclusive
- Discounts
- Rounding and estimation
Season 2 · 5 episodes
Ratios and proportion
Split, compare and scale amounts fairly with ratios and rates.
- Simplifying a ratio
- Sharing in a ratio
- Unit rate (best buy)
- Scaling an order
- Currency conversion
Season 3 · 5 episodes
Business algebra
Find the number that makes a business formula work.
- Substituting into a formula
- Linear equations
- Equations with fractions
- Exponents
- Simultaneous equations
Season 4 · 5 episodes
Making sense of data
Say what's typical in a set of figures and how much they vary.
- Mean
- Median
- Mode
- Standard deviation
- Coefficient of variation
Season 5 · 5 episodes
Pricing for profit
Set prices that cover costs and leave the profit you need.
- Markup on cost
- Margin on selling price
- Cost price from selling price
- Markup to margin conversion
- Gross profit margin
Season 6 · 5 episodes
Is the business healthy?
Read the statements to see whether a business makes money and can pay its bills.
- Gross profit
- Net profit margin
- Current ratio
- Acid-test ratio
- Debtors collection period
Season 7 · 5 episodes
Money over time
Work out what money is worth later, or today, once interest is added.
- Simple interest
- Compound interest
- Effective annual rate
- Future value (monthly compounding)
- Present value
Season 8 · 5 episodes
Costs and break-even
Work out costs and how many you must sell to break even.
- Total cost
- Contribution margin per unit
- Break-even units
- Break-even sales value
- Margin of safety
Practice packs
Just practice
A practice pack is the self-marking practice tools of one topic: new numbers every attempt, marked as you type, with the working when you want it. No course and no certificate.
Practice pack
Numbers at work
Check that the figures are right: percentages, VAT, discounts and sensible rounding.
- Percentage of an amount
- Percentage change
- VAT inclusive and exclusive
- Discounts
- Rounding and estimation
Practice pack
Ratios and proportion
Split, compare and scale amounts fairly with ratios and rates.
- Simplifying a ratio
- Sharing in a ratio
- Unit rate (best buy)
- Scaling an order
- Currency conversion
Practice pack
Business algebra
Find the number that makes a business formula work.
- Substituting into a formula
- Linear equations
- Equations with fractions
- Exponents
- Simultaneous equations
Practice pack
Making sense of data
Say what's typical in a set of figures and how much they vary.
- Mean
- Median
- Mode
- Standard deviation
- Coefficient of variation
Practice pack
Pricing for profit
Set prices that cover costs and leave the profit you need.
- Markup on cost
- Margin on selling price
- Cost price from selling price
- Markup to margin conversion
- Gross profit margin
Practice pack
Is the business healthy?
Read the statements to see whether a business makes money and can pay its bills.
- Gross profit
- Net profit margin
- Current ratio
- Acid-test ratio
- Debtors collection period
Practice pack
Money over time
Work out what money is worth later, or today, once interest is added.
- Simple interest
- Compound interest
- Effective annual rate
- Future value (monthly compounding)
- Present value
Practice pack
Costs and break-even
Work out costs and how many you must sell to break even.
- Total cost
- Contribution margin per unit
- Break-even units
- Break-even sales value
- Margin of safety
40 Numbers for Business micro courses
Every metric is also a micro course on its own: five scenes, a practice tool and a certificate, R295 · US$19, lifetime access.
How a season works
Learn it, practice it, prove it
- 01
Learn each metric
Five episodes, one metric each: what it measures, how to work it out and how to read the result.
- 02
Practice until it clicks
Cases from different businesses, with new numbers every time. Your answer is marked as you type.
- 03
Get help when stuck
Hints point to the step that went wrong, never just the answer. Want a person to talk it through? Book a tutor session as an optional add-on.
- 04
Earn the certificate
Finish every episode and the practice pack in the season and you get one certificate for the lot.
Just one metric
Only need one metric?
Every micro course is also available on its own, with its certificate, at a launch-offer price of R295 or US$19.
One whole series
Want more than one season?
Full series access gives you every season and micro course in one series of your choice for 12 months, with the practice tools built into every season. Tutoring is an optional add-on.