6.3: Simple Interest
- Compute simple interest.
- Understand and compute future value.
- Compute simple interest loans with partial payments.
- Understand and compute present value.
There is truth in the phrase “You need to have money to make money.” In essence, if you have money to lend, you can lend it at a cost to a borrower and make money on that transaction.
When money is borrowed, the person borrowing the money (borrower) typically has to pay the person or entity that lent the money (the lender) more than the amount of money that was borrowed. This extra money is the interest that is to be paid. Interest is sometimes referred to as the cost to borrow, the cost of the loan, or the finance cost.
This idea also applies when someone deposits money in a bank account or some other form of investment. That person is essentially lending the money to the bank or company. The money earned by the depositor is also called interest. The interest is typically based on the amount borrowed, or the principal .
The pairing of borrower and lender can take various forms. The borrower may be a consumer using a credit card or taking out a loan from a bank, the lender. Companies also borrow from lending banks. Someone who invests in a company’s stock is the lender in this case; the company is essentially the borrower.
In this section, we examine the basic building block of interest paid on loans and borrowed credit and also the returns on investments like bank accounts, simple interest.
Compute Simple Interest
Let’s get some terminology understood. Interest to be paid by a borrower is often expressed as an annual percentage rate , which is the percent of the principal that is paid as interest for each year the money is borrowed. This means that the more that is borrowed, the more that must be paid back. Sometimes, the interest to be paid back is simple interest , which means that the interest is calculated on the amount borrowed only.
The length of time until the loan must be paid off is the term of the loan. The date when the loan must be paid off is when the loan is due . The day that the loan is issued is the origination date . We’ll put this terminology to use in the following examples. Note that in this section we will use letters, called variables, to represent the different parts of the formulas we’ll be using. This will help keep our formulas and calculations manageable.
Simple Interest Loans with Integer Year Terms
Calculating simple interest is similar to the percent calculations we made in Understanding Percent and Discounts, Markups, and Sales Tax, but must be multiplied by the term of the loan (in years, if dealing with an annual percentage rate).
The simple interest,
, to be paid on a loan with annual interest rate
for a number of years (term of the loan)
, with principal
, is found using
When the annual interest rate, the principal, and the number of years that the money is borrowed is known, the interest to be paid can be found and from there the total to be repaid can be calculated.
Be aware, interest paid to a lender is almost uniformly rounded up to the next cent.
Calculate the simple interest to be paid on a loan with the given principal, annual percentage rate, and number of years. Then, calculate the loan payoff amount.
- Principal = $4,000, annual interest rate = 5.5%, and number of years = 4
- Principal = $14,800, annual interest rate = 7.9%, and number of years = 7
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Substitute the principal
= $4,000, the decimal form of the annual interest rate
= 0.055, and number of years
= 4 into the formula for simple interest, and calculate.
880 I .= P × r × t = 4,000 × 0.055 × 4 = 880
The simple interest, or cost of the loan, to be paid on the loan is $880.
The loan payoff amount, or the total to be repaid, is880 T , or $4,880.00.= P + I = 4,000 + 880 = 4,880 -
Substitute the principal
= $14,800, the decimal form of the annual interest rate
= 0.079, and number of years
= 7 into the formula for simple interest, and calculate.
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The simple interest, or cost to borrow, to be paid on the loan is $8,184.40.
The loan payoff amount, or the total to be repaid, is , or $22,984.40.
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Substitute the principal
= $4,000, the decimal form of the annual interest rate
= 0.055, and number of years
= 4 into the formula for simple interest, and calculate.
Calculate the simple interest to be paid on a loan with the given principal, annual percentage rate, and number of years. Then calculate the loan payoff, or total to be repaid.
Principal \(P\) = $6,700, annual interest rate \(r\) = 11.99%, and number of years \(t\) = 3
Principal \(P\) = $25,800, annual interest rate \(r\) = 6.9%, and number of years \(t\) = 5
Riley runs an auto repair shop, and needs to purchase a new brake lathe, which costs $11,995. She takes out a two-year, simple interest loan at an annual interest rate of 14.9%. How much interest will she pay and how much total will she repay on the loan?
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Step 1. Determine the variables, or parts of the formula. The principal is the cost of the brake lathe, so = $11,995. The interest rate Riley pays is 14.9%, or = 0.149 in decimal form. The length of the loan is two years, so = 2. We are first asked to find , the interest Riley will pay.
Step 2. Substitute the known variables into the formula for simple interest
P × r × t I and solve for .= P × r × t From Step 1 we have .
This tells us that the simple interest, or cost to borrow, to be paid on the loan is $3,574.51.
Step 3. Use the formula to determine the total amount Riley will repay, .
The total to be repaid is , or $15,569.51.
Beth is the owner of a small retail store in downtown St. Louis. The windows in the storefront need replacing, so she needs to take out a $9,500 loan to get the repairs done. The rate she secures is 9.25% and the term of the loan is one year. How much interest will she pay and how much total will she repay on the loan?
Simple Interest Loans with Other Lengths of Terms
In the previous example and Your Turn exercise, the loans were paid back in one payment after an integer number of years. However, there are also loans lasting a length of time not equal to an integer number of years (like 1, 2, or 3 years or more), but in a number of months (like 4 months, 18 months, and so on). What model would apply to these situations?
When the loan is paid back after a term that is not an integer number of years but is instead a number of months, the term of the loan, or time, , is expressed as a fraction of the year. So for a 2-month loan, the time, in years, is 2/12 = 1/6. For a 5-month loan, the time in years is 5/12. For an 18-month term, the term in years is 18/12 = 1.5.
Abeje needs a loan to purchase equipment for the gym she is going to open. She visits the bank and secures a 4-month loan of $20,000. Her annual percentage rate is 6.75%. How much interest will Abeje pay and what is her loan payoff amount?
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Abeje’s loan is for $20,000, so her principal is = 20,000. The interest rate Abeje will pay is 6.75%, or = 0.0675 in decimal form. The length of the loan is 4 months, so
4 12 t . Substituting these in the formula for simple interest, we find her interest to be= 4 12 450 I = P × r × t = 20,000 × 0.0675 × 4 / 12 = 450 The simple interest, or cost to borrow, to be paid on the loan is $450.00.
The payoff is
450 T , or $20,450.00.= P + I = 20,000 + 450 = 20,450
Samuel needs to borrow $8,400 to pay for repairs to his small manufacturing facility. He manages to get a simple interest loan at 17.33%, to be paid after 6 months. How much interest will Samuel pay and what is Samuel’s loan payoff amount?
Those examples dealt in months. However, some loans are for days only (45 days, 60 days, 120 days). In such cases, we find the daily interest rate. The fraction we will use for the daily interest rate is the interest rate (as a decimal) divided by 365. This may be referred to as Actual/365. In order to find the term of the loan, divide the number of days in the term of the loan by 365.
To determine the interest,
, on a loan with term
expressed in days, with principal of
, and interest rate in decimal form of
, calculate
Alternately, the above formula is equivalent to
It seems reasonable to use 365 as the number of days in the year, since there are 365 days in most years. However, sometimes, banks have used (and continue to use) 360 as the number of days in a year. They may also treat all months as if they have 30 days. These differences lead to (sometimes small) differences in how much interest is paid. Since the number of days is in the denominator, a smaller denominator (360) will result in larger numbers (interest) that is 365 is used for the denominator. See this page from ACRE for a comparison.
David plans to move his family from Raleigh, North Carolina to Tempe, Arizona. His company will reimburse (pay after the move) David for the move. David does research and determines that movers will cost $5,600 to move his family’s belongings to Tempe. He takes out a simple interest, 45-day loan at 11.75% interest to pay this cost. How much interest will be paid on this 45-day loan, and what is David’s loan payoff amount?
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This loan is in terms of days, so we will use the formula
P × r 365 × t I , where t is the number of days and is the annual interest rate.= P × r 365 × t The principal for the loan is the moving cost, or = 5,600. The annual interest rate that David will pay is 11.75%, which in decimal is 0.1175. The length of time for the loan is 45 days, so = 45.
Substituting these values into the formula and calculating, we find that the interest to be paid is , or $81.13 (remember, interest is almost always rounded up to the next cent).
The payoff for the loan is $5,681.13.
Heather runs a silk screen t-shirt shop, and seeks a short-term loan to pay for new inventory (paints, blades, shirts). They secure a $3,700 simple interest loan for 60 days, at an annual rate of 18.99%. How much will borrowing the money cost Heather, and what is her loan payoff amount?
Understand and Compute Future Value
Money can be invested for a specific amount of time and earn simple interest while invested. The terminology and calculations are the same as we’ve already seen. However, instead of the total to be paid back, the investor is interested in the total value of the investment after the interest is added. This is called the future value of the investment.
The future value,
In the following, determine how much interest was earned on the investment and the future value of the investment, if the investment yields simple interest.
- Principal is $1,000, annual interest rate is 2.01%, and time is 5 years
- Principal is $5,000, annual interest rate is 1.85%, and time is 30 years
- Principal is $10,000, annual interest rate is 1.25%, and time is 18 months
- Principal is $7,000, annual interest rate is 3.26%, and time is 100 days
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The principal is
= $1,000, the annual interest rate, in decimal form, is 0.0201, and the term is 5 years, or
= 5. Since the term is an integer number of years, the interest earned on the investment is
, or the interest earned was $100.50.
To find the future value, we use the formulaI F V . Substituting the values and calculating, we find the future value of the investment to be . The future value of the investment at the end of 5 years is $1,100.50.= P + I
Notice that the future value could have been calculated directly withP × r × t F V = P + P × r × t -
The principal is
= $5,000, the annual interest rate, in decimal form, is 0.0185, and the term is 30 years, or
= 30. Since the term is an integer number of years, the interest earned on the investment is
775 I , or the interest earned was $2,775.00. To find the future value, we use the formula= P × r × t = 5,000 × 0.0185 × 30 = 2,775 I F V . Substituting the values and calculating, we find the future value of the investment to be= P + I 775 F V . The future value of the investment at the end of 30 years is $7,775.00.= P + I = 5,000 + 2,775 = 7,775 -
The principal is
= $10,000, the annual interest rate, in decimal form, is 0.0125, and the term is 18 months. Since the term is in months, we have to write the months in terms of years. For 18 months, we use 18/12 as
. The interest earned on the investment is
, or the interest earned was $187.50. To find the future value, we use the formula
I F V . Substituting the values and calculating, we find the future value of the investment to be . The future value of the investment at the end of 18 months is $10,187.50.= P + I -
Principal is $7,000, annual interest rate is 3.26%, and time is 100 days. The principal is
= $7,000, the annual interest rate, in decimal form, is 0.0326, and the term is 100 days. Since the term is in days, we have to write the time using actual/365, or
= 100/365. The interest earned on the investment is
, or the interest earned was $62.52. To find the future value, we use the formula
I F V . Substituting the values and calculating, we find the future value of the investment to be . The future value of the investment at the end of 100 days is $7,062.52.= P + I
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The principal is
= $1,000, the annual interest rate, in decimal form, is 0.0201, and the term is 5 years, or
= 5. Since the term is an integer number of years, the interest earned on the investment is
, or the interest earned was $100.50.
In the following, determine how much interest was earned on the investment and the future value of the investment if the investment yields simple interest.
Principal is $4,500, annual interest rate is 1.88%, and time is 3 years
Principal is $2,000, annual interest rate is 2.03%, and time is 10 years
Principal is $120,000, annual interest rate is 3.1%, and time is 100 days
Principal is $4,680, annual interest rate is 1.55%, and time is 42 months
You may have noticed that for these problems, the future value was rounded down. When the future value is paid, the amount is typically rounded down.
A certificate of deposit (CD) is a savings account that holds a single deposit (the principal) for a fixed term at a fixed interest rate. Once the term of the CD is over, the CD may be redeemed (cashed in or withdrawn) and the owner of the CD receives the original principal plus the interest earned. The deposit often cannot be withdrawn until the term is up; if it can be withdrawn early, there is often a penalty imposed to do so.
Jonas deposits $2,500 in a CD bearing 3.25% simple interest for a term of 3 years. When he redeems his CD at the end of the 3 years, how much will he receive?
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This is a future value example. We know that = $2,500 is the amount deposited. The annual simple interest rate in decimal form is = 0.0325. The term of the investment is = 3 years.
Substituting those values into the future value formula, we have .
When the CD is redeemed, Jonas will receive $2,743.75.
Mia deposits $4,900 in a CD bearing 3.95%. The CD term is 7 years. When she redeems the CD, how much will Mia receive?
The reason CD (certificate of deposit) rates look so small is because they are extremely safe investments. Though overall interest rates for CDs change over time and individual returns vary with the terms of the CD, investors are offered predictable interest income for their investments.
To investigate this yourself, search online to determine the strengths and weaknesses of CDs (investopedia.com offers good, basic information on investing). Then, online, identify five national banks and two local banks who offer CDs.
- Track the interest rates for the CDs at various terms (1 year, 3 years, 5 years) for each of the banks you found that offer CDs.
- Calculate the amount of interest earned for a $10,000 deposit for each CD at each of the terms.
- Compare the results from the various banks, CDs, and terms and decide which is the best investment. You may want to consider both the length of time that the money is locked up, and the return.
Paying Simple Interest Loans with Partial Payments
In every example above, there was one payment for the loan, or one withdrawal for the investment. However, for many loans (house, car, in-ground swimming pool), the loan will be paid back in two or more payments. Such a payment is called a partial payment , because they only pay off part of the loan.
When a partial payment is made, some of the payment pays for the principal, but the rest of the payment pays for interest on the principal. When making the first partial payment, the interest is calculated on the principal for the time between the origination date of the loan and the date of the payment. If another partial payment is made, the interest is calculated based on the remaining principal and the time between the previous partial payment and the current partial payment date.
- A simple interest loan for $6,500 is taken out at 12.6% annual percentage rate. A partial payment is made 45 days into the loan period. How much of the partial payment will be for interest?
- A simple interest loan for $13,700 is taken out at 6.55% annual interest rate. A partial payment is to be made after 60 days. How much of the partial payment will be for interest?
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To find the interest paid in this partial payment, we calculate the interest on the principal for the time between the origination of the loan and the payment day, or 45 days.
The principal is $6,500. The annual interest rate, in decimal form, is 0.126.
The interest paid for 45 days is found by substituting the values for principal , rate , and time into the formulaP × r 365 × t I .= P × r 365 × t
Calculating, we haveP × r 365 × t = 6,500 × 0.126 365 × 45 = 100.9726 . Rounding up, the portion of the partial payment that will be paid for interest is $100.98.I = P × r 365 × t = 6,500 × 0.126 365 × 45 = 100.9726 -
To find the interest paid in this partial payment, we calculate the interest on the principal for the time between the origination of the loan and the payment day, or 60 days.
The principal is $13,700. The annual interest rate, in decimal form, is 0.0655.
The interest paid for those 60 days is found by substituting those values into the formulaP × r 365 × t I . Calculating, we have= P × r 365 × t P × r 365 × t = 13,700 × 0.0655 365 × 60 = 147.5096 . Rounding up, the portion of the partial payment that will be paid for interest is $147.51.I = P × r 365 × t = 13,700 × 0.0655 365 × 60 = 147.5096
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To find the interest paid in this partial payment, we calculate the interest on the principal for the time between the origination of the loan and the payment day, or 45 days.
A simple interest loan for $50,000 is taken out at 5.15% annual percentage rate. A partial payment is made 120 days into the loan period. How much of the partial payment will be for interest?
A simple interest loan for $8,500 is taken out at 9.9% annual interest rate. A partial payment is to be made after 75 days. How much of the partial payment will be for interest?
Remaining Balance
The previous examples demonstrated how to determine the interest paid in a partial payment. Using this, we can determine the remaining balance after a partial payment.
Step 1: determine the amount of the payment, , that is applied to interest, .
Step 2: subtract the amount paid in interest from the payment, . This is the amount applied to the balance.
Step 3: subtract the amount applied to the balance (the value obtained in Step 2) from the balance of the loan, . This is the remaining balance after the partial payment.
- A simple interest loan for $45,500 is taken out at 11.8% annual percentage rate. A partial payment of $20,000 is made 50 days into the loan period. After this payment, what will the remaining balance of the loan be?
- A simple interest loan for $150,000 is taken out at 5.85% annual percentage rate. A partial payment of $50,000 is made 70 days into the loan period. After this payment, what will the remaining balance of the loan be?
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The principal is $45,500, which will be treated as the balance,
, of the loan. The annual simple interest rate, in decimal form, is 0.118. The time is
= 50 days.
Step 1: Determine the amount of the partial payment that is applied to interest. To find this, substitute the values above into the formulaP × r 365 × t I and calculate. Calculating, the amount of the payment that is applied to interest is . Rounding up, we have = $735.48.= P × r 365 × t
Step 2: The amount of the payment that is to be applied to the balance of the loan is partial payment minus the amount of the partial payment that is applied to the interest. The payment is $2,000. The amount that is applied to the balance is .
Step 3: The remaining balance is found by subtracting the amount applied to the balance from the previous balance, or .
The remining balance after the partial payment is $26,235.48. -
The principal is $150,000, which will be treated as the balance,
, of the loan. The annual simple interest rate, in decimal form, is 0.0585. The time is
= 70 days.
Step 1: Determine the amount of the partial payment that is applied to interest. To find this, substitute the values above into the formulaP × r 365 × t I and calculate. Calculating, the amount of the payment that is applied to interest is . Rounding up, we have = $1,682.88.= P × r 365 × t
Step 2: The amount of the payment that is to be applied to the balance of the loan is partial payment minus the amount of the partial payment that is applied to the interest. The payment is $50,000. The amount that is applied to the balance is .
Step 3: The remaining balance is found by subtracting the amount applied to the balance from the previous balance, or .
The remining balance after the partial payment is $101,682.88.
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The principal is $45,500, which will be treated as the balance,
, of the loan. The annual simple interest rate, in decimal form, is 0.118. The time is
= 50 days.
A simple interest loan for $1,400 is taken out at 12.5% annual percentage rate. A partial payment of $700 is made 20 days into the loan period. After this payment, what will the remaining balance of the loan be?
A simple interest loan for $23,000 is taken out at 7.25% annual percentage rate. A partial payment of $10,000 is made 40 days into the loan period. After this payment, what will the remaining balance of the loan be?
Loan Payoff
Finally, we will determine the amount to be paid at the end of the loan. To do so, we apply the formula for the loan payoff to the remaining balance. However, the length of time for that remaining balance is the time between the partial payment and the day the loan is paid off.
Step 1: Determine the remaining balance after the partial payment.
Step 2: Calculate the number of days between the partial payment and the date the loan is paid off. This will be the time in the payment formula.
Step 3:
Calculate the amount to be paid at the end of the loan, or the payoff amount, using
Laura takes out an $18,400 loan for 120 days at 17.9% simple interest. She makes a partial payment of $7,500 after 45 days. What is her payoff amount at the end of the loan?
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The initial balance, or principal, of her loan is $18,400. The interest rate in decimal form is 0.179. Her partial payment of $7,500 is made after 45 days. Using these values, we can determine how much of the partial payment is applied to the balance. From there, we can determine her final loan payoff after 120 days.
Step 1: Determine the remaining balance after the partial payment. Using the partial payment process outlined in the previous example, we first find that the amount of the partial payment that is applied to the balance. Their interest paid in the partial payment is
P × r 365 × t = 18,400 × 0.179 365 × 45 = 406.0603 , or $406.07 (remember to round up!). Using this and that the loan amount was for $18,400, the remaining balance on the loan after the partial payment is .I = P × r 365 × t = 18,400 × 0.179 365 × 45 = 406.0603 Step 2: The number of days between the partial payment and the date that the loan is to be paid off is 120 – 45 = 75. This means that the time between the partial payment and the final payment is 75 days.
Step 3: To calculate the payoff amount, use
P × r 365 × t payoff , with = $11,306.07 (the remaining balance), = 75 (from Step 2) and = 0.179. The payoff amount, then, is . Rounding up, the payoff amount is $11,721.92.= P + P × r 365 × t
Paola takes out a 75-day loan for $3,500.00. Her interest rate is 11.2%. If she makes a partial payment of $1,250.00 after 30 days, what will her payoff be at the end of the loan?
Repeated Partial Payments
Car loans and mortgages (loans for homes) are paid off through repeated partial payments, most often monthly payments. Since car loans are often 3 to 6 years, and mortgages 15 to 30 years, calculating each individual monthly payment one at a time is time consuming and tedious. Even a 3-year loan would involve applying the above steps 36 times! Fortunately, there is a formula for determining the amount of each partial payment for monthly payments on a simple interest loan.
The amount of monthly payments, , for a loan with principal , monthly simple interest rate (in decimal form), for number of months is found using the formula . The monthly interest rate is the annual rate divided by 12. The number of months is the number of years times 12.
Desiree buys a new car, by taking a loan out from her credit union. The balance of her loan is $27,845.00. The annual interest rate that Desiree will pay is 7.3%. She plans to pay this off over 4 years. How much will Desiree’s monthly payment be?
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To use the formula for monthly payments, we need the principal, the interest rate, and the number of years. The principal is $27,845. The annual rate, in decimal form, is 0.073. Dividing 0.073 by 12 gives the monthly interest rate . She takes the loan out for 4 years, which is
48 t months. Substituting these values into the formula, , we calculate:= 12 × 4 = 48 Using the formula and rounding up to the next cent, we see that Desiree’s monthly payment will be $670.67.
Russell buys a new car, by taking a loan out from the dealership. After all of the discussions are over, he finances (gets a loan for) $23,660. The annual interest rate that Russell will pay is 4.76%. He plans to pay this off over 5 years. How much will Russell’s monthly payment be?
The calculation of payments is long, and involves many steps. However, most spreadsheet programs, including Google Sheets, have a payment function. In Google Sheets, that function is PMT. To find the payment for an installment loan (like for a car), you need to enter the interest rate per period, the number of payments, and the loan amount. From Your Turn 6.36, the rate was 0.0476/12, the number of payments was 60, and the loan amount was $23,660. In Google Sheets, select any cell and enter the following:
=PMT(0.0476/12,60,23660)
And click the enter key. Immediately, in the cell you selected, the payment of $443.90 appears, though with a negative sign. The negative sign indicates it is a payment out of an account. Since we want to know the payment amount, we ignore the negative sign. The result, with the formula in the formula bar, is shown in Figure 6.5.
In general, to use the PMT function in Google Sheets, enter
=PMT( /12, *12, )
where is the annual interest rate, is the number of years, and is the principal of the loan.
Understand and Compute Present Value for Simple Interest Investments
When finding the future value of an investment, we know how much is deposited, but we have no idea how much that money will be worth in the future. If we set a goal for the future, it would be useful to know how much to deposit now so an account reaches the goal. The amount that needs to be deposited now to hit a goal in the future is called the present value .
The present value,
Note: Present value, in this calculation, is always rounded up. Otherwise, future value may fall short of the target future value.
Understanding what this tells you is important. When you find the present value, that is how much you need to invest now to reach the goal
Compute the present value of the investment described. Interpret the result.
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F V = $10,000, = 15 years, annual simple interest rate of 5.5%F V -
F V = $150,000, = 20 years, annual simple interest rate of 6.25%F V -
F V = $250,000, = 486 months, annual simple interest rate of 4.75%F V
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The future value is
F V = $10,000. The time of the investment is in years, so = 15. The annual, simple interest rate is 5.5%, which in decimal form is 0.055. We substitute those values into the formula and calculate. . Rounding up, we see that the present value of $10,000 invested at a simple annual interest rate of 5.5% for 15 years is $5,479.46. This means that $5,479.46 needs to be invested so that, after 15 years at 5.5% interest, the investment will be worth $10,000.F V -
The future value is
F V = $150,000. The time of the investment is in years, so = 20. The annual, simple interest rate is 6.25%, which in decimal form is 0.0625. We substitute those values into the formula and calculate. . Rounding up, we see that the present value of $150,000 invested at a simple annual interest rate of 6.25% for 20 years is $66,666.67. This means that $66,666.67 needs to be invested so that, after 20 years at 6.25% interest, the investment will be worth $150,000.F V -
The future value is
FV = $250,000. The time of the investment is 486 months. This needs to be converted to years. To do so, divide the number of months by 12, giving , so = 40.5 years. The annual, simple interest rate is 4.75%, which in decimal form is 0.0475. We substitute those values into the formula and calculate. . Rounding up, we see that the present value of $250,000 invested at a simple annual interest rate of 4.75% for 486 months is $129,954.52. This means that $129,954.52 needs to be invested so that, after 486 months at 4.75% interest, the investment will be worth $150,000.FV
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The future value is
Compute the present value of the investment described. Interpret the result.
\(FV\) = $25,000, \(t\) = 10 years, annual simple interest rate of 7.5%
\(FV\) = $320,000, \(t\) = 35 years, annual simple interest rate of 6.5%
\(FV\) = $90,000, \(t\) = 270 months, annual simple interest rate of 3.75%
Beatriz will invest some money in a CD that yields 3.99% simple interest when invested for 30 years. How much must Beatriz invest so that after those 30 years, her CD is worth $300,000?
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Beatriz needs to know how much to deposit now so that her CD is worth $300,000 after 30 years. This means she needs to know the present value of that $300,000. The time is 30 years and the annual simple interest rate, in decimal form, is 0.0399. Using that information and the formula for present value, we calculate the present value of that $300,000. . Rounding up, Beatriz needs to invest $136,549.85 so that she has $300,000 in 30 years.
Kentaro will invest some money in a CD that yields 2.75% simple interest when invested for 5 years. How much must Kentaro invest so that after those 5 years his CD is worth $12,000?
Check Your Understanding
- What is interest?
- What is the principal in a loan?
- Calculate the simple interest to be paid for a 6-year loan with principal $1,500.00 and annual interest rate of 12.99%
- A simple interest loan for $24,200 is taken out at 10.55% annual percentage rate. A partial payment of $13,000 is made 25 days into the loan period. After this payment, what will the remaining balance of the loan be?
- Find the monthly payment for a $9,800.00 loan at a 13.8% interest for 4 years.
- Find the present value of an investment with future value $30,000 with a simple interest rate of 3.75% invested for 10 years.