This is an introductory text for those students of economics and business who lack basic mathematical skills. Written in an informal style, objectives are given at the beginning of each section. Features include: many economic applications, a large number of worked examples and solutions to all problems; additional material to make this work more suitable for business studies students; discussions of International Rate of Return and Cramer's rule; a new chapter on linear programming; and single chapter coverage of exponential and logarithmic functions.