Simple & Compound Interest
Simple & Compound Interest
1 Kai invests $5000 in an account paying simple interest at a rate of r % per year.
At the end of 8 years, the value of his investment is $5700. Find the value of r.
1.75
(ii) Find the number of complete years before Anil has at least $5000 in this account.
440.6
or 440.64
to 440.65
6 Beatrice invests her $350 at a rate of 0.25% per month compound interest. Calculate the 407[.00] cao
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amount Beatrice has at the end of 5 years. Give your answer correct to the nearest dollar. nfww
7 Gabrielle invests $500 at a rate of r % per year compound interest. 2.5[0] or
At the end of 8 years the value of Gabrielle’s investment is $609.20 2.499...
Find the value of r.
8 Carlos invests $4540 at a rate of r % per year compound interest.
At the end of 10 years he has earned $1328.54 in interest.
2.6[0] or
9 (i) Dean invests $500 for 10 years at a rate of 1.7% per year simple interest.
Calculate the total interest earned during the 10 years.
85
(ii) Ollie invests $200 at a rate of 0.0035% per day compound interest.
203 or
(ii) Calculate the overall percentage increase in the value of Beth’s investment at the end of
2208.2, or
5 years.
2208.16…
(iii) Calculate the minimum number of complete years it takes for the value of Beth’s
10.4 or
investment
10.5 or
to increase from $2000 to more than $2500. 10.40 to
10.41
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