Investment
Financial Maths
Savings
Goals and Banks
100

What are the five different types of investments? 

Shares, Fixed Interest, Cash, Government Bonds, Property

100

What is 17% of $3000

$510

100

What is the savings formula?

Savings = income - expenses

100

What are the three different time frames for goals?

Short, Medium, Long

200

What are shares?

a small portion of a business that fluctuates in price

200

What is the simple interest formula?

SI = PRT

200

If Sarah gets paid $4,000 per week. How much does she make in a year? 

$208,000

200

What are SMART goals? 

S M A R T 

300

What is the purpose of diversification 

to minimise risk within investments

300

Sally invests $5000 in a term deposit for 6 year at 7%. What is her total investment?

$7,100

300

If Sarah makes $700 per week and spends $2,300 per month. How much is she savings per month? 

700 x 4 = 2,800 

2800 - 2300 = 500 

300

What time frame of goal is this? 

Sally wants to save for her house in 6 six. 

Long 

400

What is diversification?

The division of money across several investment options to minimise risk. 

400

What percentage did the investment increase by? 

Sally invested $6000 and after 7 year had $8,300. 

SI = PRT 

2,300 = 6000 x 7 x R 

0.38 = 7 x R

0.05 (5%) = R 

400

If Sarah makes $600 per week and spends $800 per fortnight. How much savings will she have by the end of the year? 

600 x 52  = 31,200 

400 x 52 = 20,800 

31,200 - 20,800 

= 10,400 

400

What is a financial institution?

Somewhere that stores and redistributes wealth to its members. It also makes critical decisions around risk and managing finances

500

What are government bonds?

Investing in your/or another governments currency and economy to then receive more later in time. 

500

What percentage did the investment increase by?

Daniel's investment went from $50,000 to $54,000 in the space of 1 year. 

SI = PRT 

4,000 = 50,000 x 1 x R 

0.08 = 1 x R 

0.08 (8%) = R 

500

What is financial independence? 

When you have accumulated enough savings to support yourself for a reasonable amount of time and  can complete your goals in a timely manner and do not have to worry about debt.  

500

What are the three parts of the managing finances flowchart?

goal setting

savings and investing 

minimising risk