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Wednesday, 29 May 2013

Review Questions: Past Years Questions



Banker's Rule

BANKER’S RULE

 For Banker’s Rule, we use ordinary interest with exact time. If the method of calculating interest is not given, the Banker’s Rule will prevail.


Example 10
A person obtains a RM3500 loan from a bank that charges an interest of 7.25%. The loan was granted on 20 May 2007 and matures on 14 September 2007. What is the maturity value of the loan?













Example 11
Sunita borrowed RM12000 from a finance company. The interest charged was 9%. If Sunita repaid RM12450 to settle the loan, calculate
a)     the interest charged on the loan

b)    the length of time of the loan in days.

Exact Simple Interest And Ordinary/Approximate Simple Interest

EXACT SIMPLE INTEREST AND ORDINARY/APPROXIMATE SIMPLE INTEREST
Exact simple interest                                   –              the correct number of days for each month is used.                                                    
                                                                                       Thus, each year has 365 days. If the year is a leap year, it has 366 days.

Ordinary/Approximate simple interest                  we assume each month has 30 days. Thus, each year  has 360 days.

Example 9

Calculate the four types of interest and maturity value as above for a RM4500 loan at an interest of 8%. The duration of the loan is from 5 July 2007 to 16 November 2007.

Exact Time
Ordinary/Approximate Time







Exact Time
with
Exact Simple Interest







Exact Time
with
Ordinary/Approximate Simple Interest

Ordinary/Approximate Time
with
Exact Simple Interest




Ordinary/Approximate Time
with
Ordinary/Approximate Simple Interest







Exact Time and Ordinary Time

EXACT TIME AND ORDINARY TIME

Exact time                                           –                the correct number of days for each month is used. For
example, 31 days for March, 30 days for June and so on. When using the exact date, the total number of days in a year is 365 or 366 if it is a leap year.

Ordinary/Approximate time            –                we assume each month to have 30 days, even if that month does not
actually have 30 days. Thus, each month from January to December has 30 days. Using ordinary time, the total number of days in a year is assumed to be 30 days. Using ordinary time, the total number of days in a year is assumed to be 30 days multiplied by 12 months i.e 360 days.  

Example 8

Find the exact and ordinary/approximate time between the following dates.

a)     From 23 March 2009 to 12 August 2009.
b)    From 11 January 2012 to 4 April 2012.


Simple Amount

SIMPLE AMOUNT FORMULA

Total amount of money obtained or iccured after a certain period of time, t. with

                                                S              = Simple Amount or Sum
I               = Simple Interest
                                                P             = Principal
                                                r              = Simple Interest Rate
                                                t              = Time (in years)
Example 4
Calculate the maturity value for an investment of RM3500 at an interest rate of 5.5%. the investment matures after 7 years.










Example 5
A person borrows RM975 from a bank at an interest of 11.25%. After some time, he pays the bank RM1304.10 as full and final settlement of the loan. What is the duration of his loan?








Example 6
Rahimi obtained a RM2000 loan from a bank which charges an interest of 7.5%. siti intends to settle the loan after 2 years.
a)     Calculate the amount of interest Siti will need to pay.
b)    What is the maturity value of Siti’s loan?













Example 7
May Lyn made three deposits of RM100 each at ABC Bank. Each deposit was made one month after the previous deposit. The accounts with ABC Bank earn an interest of 9%. Calculate the value of the accounts three months after the first deposit.
















Monday, 27 May 2013

Simple Interest

INTRODUCTION
·       DEFINITION 1           : Interest is money earned when money is invested.
·       DEFINITION 2           : Interest is a charged incurred when a loan or credit is obtained.

SIMPLE INTEREST FORMULA

Simple interest is given by the following formula with

                                                I              = Simple Interest
                                                P             = Principal
                                                r              = Simple Interest Rate
                                                t              = Time (in years)

Example 1

Find the amount of interest charged for the following loans.

a)     A loan of RM2500 at rate of 6.25% for 4 years.
b)    A loan of RM1800 at rate of 7% for 30 months.

c)     A loan of RM800 at a rate of 10% for 5 years and 6 months. 








Example 2
A man applies for a personal loan from a bank for the amount of RM21000. The bank charges interest of 11%. If the bank calculates that the interest is RM16170, how long is the duration of the loan?











 Example 3
Rashid opened an account with a deposit of RM400. Two months later, he deposited an additional RM500 into the account. The account pays an interest of 8%. Calculate the interest for
a)     the first two months after opening the account
b)    the next four months after he made his second deposit.