SRO Interest

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Main task - Interest Questions (You do not need to enter the £ sign, just numerical answer)
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Paul leaves £4000 in the bank for two years. It earns compound interest of 5% per year. Calculate the total amount Paul has in the bank at the end of the two years.

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The value of a car decreases by 5% each year. Sophie bought a car two years ago for £10000 Work out the value now.

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A full water tank holds 500 litres. The tank begins to leak water and is losing 14% of its contents every hour. Find how much water is left in the tank after 8 hours.

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Carrie invests £800 for 4 years at 3% interest per year. How much interest does she earn?

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A car was bought for £20,000. Its value depreciates by 31% each year for the Nirst four years. What is its values at the end of the four years?

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A tree is 80cm when planted. Each year the height of the tree increases by 22%. After how many complete years will the height of tree be at least 3m?

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The number of polar bears in a region is decreasing by 5% per year. There are 3000 polar bears in the region in 2017. What year will be the first year with less than 1000 polar bears in the region?

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Michael has started working for a company on a salary of £15000. Each year he will be given a 6% pay rise. How many years will it take for Michael’s salary to exceed £30000?

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The value of a car decreases by 7.2% each year. When bought the car cost £6200. How many years will it take the car to have a value less than £1000?

Challenge
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Florence invests £200 for two years at 5% compound interest, paid yearly. Liam says that the interest that Florence will receive will be £20. Is Liam right? Explain your answer with workings

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The value of a motorcycle was £14000 on 1st April 2014. Every three months the value of the motorcycle decreases by 2% of its value at the start of that three months. What was the value of the motorcycle on 1st April 2016?

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When a ball is dropped, it bounces and then rises. The ball rises to 90% of the height from which it is dropped. The ball is dropped from a height of 4m. Calculate the height of the rise after the first bounce.

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When a ball is dropped, it bounces and then rises. The ball rises to 90% of the height from which it is dropped. The ball is dropped from a height of 4m. (a) Calculate the height of the rise after the second bounce.

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When a ball is dropped, it bounces and then rises. The ball rises to 90% of the height from which it is dropped. The ball is dropped from a height of 4m. (c) For how many bounces does it rise to height greater than 1m?

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The population of a country is increasing by 5% a year. How many years will it take the population of the country to double?

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Raheem and Ben invest money in 2010. Raheem invests £1000 at Banks’R’us, who pay 3% interest per year. Ben invests £1400 at Bank World, who pay 1% interest per year In which year will Raheem’s investment be worth more than Ben’s?

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The population of a country increases by x% each year. In 2014 the population of the country was 24,000,000. Three years later, the population was 26,996,736. Find x.

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Charlotte invests £5000. The bank pays 10% interest for the first year and then y% every year after that. After three years, Charlotte has £5610.55 Calculate y.