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Simple and Compound Interest Practice
Question 1
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Question 2
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You get a student loan from the Texas Educational Assistance Foundation to pay for your educational expenses this year. Find the simple interest on the loan if you borrowed $2,000 at 8% for 1 year.

Question 3
3.

You are starting your own small business in Plano. You borrow $10,000 from the bank at a 9% rate for 5 years. Find the simple interest you will pay on this loan.

Question 4
4.

Find the simple interest on a loan of $2500 that is borrowed at 9% for 6 months

Question 5
5.

Find the amount of time that has passed on a loan if the total interest you have earned is $1500, the starting amount was $10000 and the percentage rate of 5%.

Question 6
6.

At the time of her grandson's birth, a grandmother deposits $5,000 in an account that pays 5% compounded annually. What will be the value of the account at the child's twenty-fifth birthday, assuming that no other deposits or withdrawals are made during this period? Round your answer to the nearest dollar.

Question 7
7.

Jim Clark borrowed $20,000 from a friendly credit union to buy a car at 5.5% interest per year compounded monthly for 60 months. What is the INTEREST amount gained? Round your answer to 2 decimals places.

Question 8
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Question 9
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Question 10
10.

Ben deposits $1750 into each of two savings accounts.
1. Account 1 earns 2.75% annual simple interest.
2. Account 2 earns 2.75% interest compounded annually
Ben does not make any additional deposits or withdrawals. Which amount is closest to the difference between the interest Ben will earn in Account 1 and the interest Ben will earn in Account 2 at the end of 2 years.

Match the correct variable to it's definition
r
Amount in the account
t
Principal
P
rate (as a decimal)
I
time (in years)
A
Interest
A customer will borrow $12,000 to buy a car. Which loan option would allow the customer to pay the least amount of interest?
A 5-year loan with a 4.2% annual simple interest rate
A 3-year loan with a 8.4% annual simple interest rate
A 6-year loan with a 4.7% annual simple interest rate
A 4-year loan with a 5.2% annual simple interest rate
A student's parents invested $5,000 in a college savings account that pays 4.85% annual simple interest. No additional deposits or withdrawals will be made.
Which amount is closest to the interest earned on the account at the end of 15 years?
$5174.11
$3,637.50
$8637.50
$10,174.11