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A NOTE TO THE STUDENT
This text assumes that you, the student, have had a basic course in arithmetic skills including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of whole numbers, decimals, fractions, and percents. The coverage of these topics is not intended to be complete. For a complete and thorough understanding of decimals, fractions, and percents, you should consult a text dedicated to teaching a complete knowledge of these topics.
In addition, this textbook does not teach every mathematical skill needed in the food service industry. There are numerous computational skills involved in running a food service business including business taxes, employee payroll, payroll taxes, mortgages, interest rates, amortization, and depreciation, just to name a very few. What this textbook does offer you is a great deal of good examples of mathematical skills you can use in your day-to-day life as well as in your pursuit of a career in the food service industry.
Mathematics is considered a discipline and thus needs to be practiced daily. Organization is one key to success with mathematics. By keeping your thoughts and work orderly, your thinking will become more clear and precise. The quality of your work will improve greatly.
Use the examples in this text as your teacher. Read an example, see how it is worked out, then cover it up with a piece of paper. Try to recreate the solution. If you get stuck, peek . . . then cover it up and try again. Keep up this process until you can successfully recreate the solution. I guarantee that if you don't just give up and go on to the next example, this technique will program your computer brain. You will have success!