Account Your Money
What's in a Formula
Simply Interesting
It's Complicated
100

The bank account you use for everyday transactions.

What is a Chequing Account?

100

The proper name for the initial amount of money for investments or loans.

What is Principal amount?

100

The interest is only generated from the original investment or loan.

What is simple interest?

100

Interest that is generated from the original investment/loan and the additional interests from previous years.

What is compound interest?

200

The bank account intended to generate interest.

What is Saving Account?

200

When used in calculations, it must be written as 0.045.

What is 4.5%

200

Determine the interest earned on $470 at 4% for 7 years?

$131.60

200

An account with $5000 with an interest of 3.14% compounded annually. What is the amount in the account after 2 years?

$5318.93

300

The bank account that is available to young people in school.

What is Student Account?

300
Often represented by the letter n in compound interest formulas.

What is compounding period?

300

Determine the interest earned with $318 at 9% over one year?

$28.62

300

$200 in an account that earns interest at a rate of 1.95%/a compounded daily, what is the total amount after 1.5 years?

$205.94

400

Happens to your monthly fee if you maintain your balance above a certain value.

What is waived fee?

400

Time it takes to double your investment with an interest rate of 6%

12 years

400

What is the total amount of money you have in a saving account with $407 at 6% interest for 7 years?

$577.94

400

Determine the interest generated with $2000 at a rate of 5.14%/a compounded monthly, what is the interest earned after 10 years?

$1340.26

500

You don't have to go to the bank and find a teller for this type of service.

What is self-service?

500

What is the interest rate to double your investment in 30 years?

2.4%

500

What interest rate is the local credit union giving you on a car loan of $25 000 for 5 years if they will collect $1 500 in interest? (Convert to a tenth of a percent)

1.2%

500

Determine the amount of interest generated with $175 at a rate of 6.5%/a compounded weekly after 9 years?

$139.01