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VCE 12 General 2023

5.04 Simple interest investments and loans

Interactive practice questions

An amount of money that a financial institution (such as a bank) is willing to lend you is called what? Select all that apply.

A personal note

A

Security

B

The credit extended

C

The principal

D
Easy
< 1min

The money the borrower pays for the use of the lender's money is called what? Select all that apply.

Easy
< 1min

Fred has $\$300$$300 in a savings account.

If his account earns simple interest at a rate of $1.15%$1.15% p.a., how much interest will he earn over $2$2 years?

Easy
1min

Elizabeth has $\$1300$$1300 to put into a savings account, which earns simple interest at a rate of $0.75%$0.75% p.a.

If she wants to earn $\$20$$20 in interest, how long will she have to wait?

Easy
2min
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Outcomes

U3.AoS2.6

demonstrate the use of a recurrence relation to determine the depreciating value of an asset or the future value of an investment or a loan after 𝑛 time periods for the initial sequence

U3.AoS2.3

the concepts of financial mathematics including simple and compound interest, nominal and effective interest rates, the present and future value of an investment, loan or asset, amortisation of a reducing balance loan or annuity and amortisation tables

U3.AoS2.4

the use of first-order linear recurrence relations to model compound interest investments and loans, and the flat rate, unit cost and reducing balance methods for depreciating assets, reducing balance loans, annuities, perpetuities and annuity investments

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