Ge4 Final Exam
Ge4 Final Exam
Ge4 Final Exam
PROBLEM SOLVING
Instruction: Solve the following questions and show your solutions.
1. You deposit P1,500 in an account earning 10.4% interest. Calculate the simple interest earned in 6 months.
2. Calculate the maturity value of a simple interest, eight-month loan of P7000 if the interest rate is 8.7%
3. If you withdraw part of your money from a certificate of deposit before the date of maturity, you must pay an interest penalty.
Suppose you invested P5000 in a one-year certificate of deposit paying 8.5% interest. After 6 months, you decide to
withdraw P2000. You interest penalty is 3 months simple interest on the P2000. What interest penalty do you pay?
4. P10,000 is borrowed for 140 days at an 8% interest rate. Calculate the maturity value by the exact method and by the
ordinary method. Which method yields the greater maturity Value? Who benefits from using the ordinary method rather than
the exact method, the borrower or the lender?
5. Calculate the compound amount when P8000 is deposited in an account earning 8% interest, compounded quarterly, for 5
years.
6. If you leave P2500 in an account earning 9% interest, compounded daily, how much money will be in the account after 4
years?
10. A charge account had a balance of P944 on May 5. A purchase of P255 was made on May 17, and a payment of P150 was
made on May 20. The interest on the average daily balance is 1.5% per month. Find the finance charge on the july 1 bill.
11. Donald Savchenko purchased new living room furniture for P2400. Assuming the sales tax is 7.75% of the purchase price,
find each of the following.
a. What is the total cost, including sales tax?
b. If Donald makes a down payment of 15% of the total cost, find the down payment.
c.
12. Adele Paolo purchased a Chevrolet Tracker for a total price of P21,425, including taxes and license fee, and financed that
amount for 5 years at an annual interest rate of 7.8%
a. Find the monthly payment.
b. What is the total amount of interest paid over the term of the loan?
c.
13. Chuong Ngo borrows P2500 from a bank that advertises a 9% simple interest rate and repays the loan in three equal monthly
2 Nr
payments. Estimate the APR. Round to the nearest tenth of a percent. APR=
N +1
14. Jill Richards purchases a stereo system for P1500. She makes a 20% down payment and agrees to repay the balance in 12
equal payments. If the finance charge on the balance is 7% simple interest, estimate the APR. Round to the nearest tenth of a
percent.
15. Charles Ferrara borrows P4000 from a bank that advertises an 8% simple interest rate. If he repays the loan in six equal
monthly payments, estimate the APR. round to the nearest tenth of a percent.
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