Calculators

Textbook Management: Calculate Your Savings

Use the calculator to the right to add up your district's potential gain from more efficient textbook management.
You will discover:

• Your current textbook status
• The cost of your lost textbooks
• Potential savings from reducing the number of lost textbooks
• The cost of your excess inventory
• Overall savings

1. Fill out the calculator to view your current textbook status and how much you could be saving.

Total number of students: Average number of textbooks per student (usually 5-6): Average cost of a textbook ($50-$60): $      What percent of your textbooks are lost annually? (average is 2-8%) % By how much would your district like to reduce its textbook losses? (Average is 30%) % What percent of excess/surplus textbooks exist in your district? (usually at least 2.5%) %