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The Simple Interest Formula

1 .       Find the interest on a loan of $3,400 for one year at a simple interest rate of 12% per year. 

 
 
 
 


2 .       Find the interest paid on a loan of $600 at 7 1/2% annual simple interest for two years. 

 
 
 
 


3 .       Find the maturity value (total payback) of a loan of $3,800 after three years. The loan carries a simple interest rate of 8.5% per year. 

 
 
 
 


4 .       Mr. Timms borrowed $35,000 to buy stock for his shoe shop. He repaid the simple interest loan after four years. He paid interest of $6,750. What was the interest rate? 

 
 
 
 


5 .       Express 29 months in terms of years to the nearest tenth of a year. 

 
 
 
 






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