Chapter 14 Notes: Money, Money, Money, Money, Moooooo-Ney, MONEY!
Chapter 14 Notes: Money, Money, Money, Money, Moooooo-Ney, MONEY!
We earn interest when we invest our money but we also get interest when we borrow money.
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Calculating Interest
o _________________________________ where
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o ___________________________________________ where
o r = Interest Rate
o t = Time, in years
1.) Joe College borrows $13,000 in student loans each year. Student loan interest rates are 6.8% in
simple interest. How much will he owe at the end of his fourth year in college?
2.) Ellen invests $6,800 in an account earning 3.5% simple interest. How much money will she have
earned in interest after 10 years?
3.) Anna invests $2,500 in an account with simple interest. How many years would she need to invest
this money to have over $2,800 if the interest rate is 4%?
4.) Roger now owes $896 on furniture he bought in 2011. He now must start making payments on it. If
the simple interest rate was 12%, how much did the furniture originally cost? Round your answer to the
nearest dollar.
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Compound Interest
Compare simple interest and compound interest for $1000 deposit at 6% interest for 4 years.
Simple interest:
Compound interest:
1 $1000
Formula!
Compound interest is “compounded” a certain number of times per year. Some more common
periods are:
o Semi-annually: _______________________________
o Quarterly: _______________________________
o Monthly: _______________________________
o Weekly: _______________________________
o Daily: _______________________________
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5.) Find the future value for $1,500 at 4.2% interest compounded monthly for 3 years.
6.) A newborn is given a college bond of $10,000 by her grandparents. The guaranteed rate of return
for a certain type of bond is 4.16% compounded semi-annually. How much money will she have when
she enters college?
7.) Find the present value for account in which the desired future value is $24,000 at 6.5% interest
compounded quarterly for 9 years.
8.) The first credit card Angie receives charges 12.49% interest compounded monthly to its customers.
Within one day of receiving it, Angie maxes it out. If she does not buy anything else on the card since
then, and owes the debt collector $1,938 after 8 months, how much did she spend on that first day?
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Finding an Effective Interest Rate
• When choosing between two loans or accounts, it might be better to know the Effective Rate or
Annual Yield.
o The Effective Rate is the simple interest rate that would yield the same future value over
1 year as the given compound interest.