Compound Interest
Decay
Growth
Continuously
Word Problems
100

You deposit $500 in a savings account that earns 4% interest compounded annually. How much money will be in the account after 3 years?

$562.43

100

500(0.90)^3

364.5

100

A=2000(1+0.03)^t

How much will it be in 5 years?

$2,318.55

100

You invest $500 at a 4% continuous interest rate for 3 years.
What is the final amount?

$563.75

100

A population of bacteria starts at 100 and doubles every hour.
How many bacteria are there after 4 hours?

1,600 bacteria

200

You invest $1,200 at 5% annual interest compounded yearly. How much will you have in 2 years?

$1,323.00

200

800(0.85)^4

417.6

200

200(1.05)^3

231.53

200

A bank account starts with $1,000 and earns 2% interest continuously for 5 years.
How much money will you have?

$1,105.17

200

You invest $300 at 5% annual growth.
How much is it worth after 2 years?

$330.75

300

You deposit $800 at 3% annual interest compounded yearly. What is the balance after 4 years?

$900.40

300

1200(0.95)^2

1083

300

800(1.03)^7

985.72

300

You invest $2,000 at 5% interest compounded continuously for 10 years.
Find the final amount.

$3,297.44

300

A TikTok account has 200 followers and grows by 10% each week.
How many followers after 3 weeks?

266 followers

400

You invest $1,000 at 5% annual interest compounded yearly. How many years will it take for the money to double?

14.2 years

400

600(0.93)^t=300

9.6

400

300(1.07)^t=600

10.24

400

A savings account has $750 and grows continuously at 3% for 8 years.
What is the value after that time?

$953.40

400

A town has a population of 5,000 that grows by 3% each year.
What is the population after 6 years?

5,970 people

500

You deposit $1,500 at 6% interest compounded semiannually. How long will it take for the account to reach $3,000?

11.7 years

500

900(0.96)^t=450

17.0

500

500(1.09)^t=1500

12.79

500

You invest $1,500 and it grows to $2,500 in 9 years with continuous compounding.
What is the interest rate?

5.67%

500

A YouTube channel has 1,200 subscribers and grows by 15% each month.
How many subscribers after 5 months?

2,413 subscribers

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