8 Simple Interest
8 Simple Interest
General Mathematics
Lesson Objectives
At the end of the lesson, the students must be
able to:
• define the simple interest;
• illustrate simple interest;
• compute interest, maturity value and to be
able to identify partial payments in simple
interest environment; and
• solve problems involving simple interest.
Converting Percent to Decimal
To convert a percent to decimal, drop the percent
sign and move the decimal point two places to the
left.
r= ____63____=0.02 or 2%
3
4200
4
The annual interest rate is 2% or
Solution 2 to Sample 1
Use the formula A = P(1 + rt) where A = ₱4
263.00, P = ₱4 200.00, and t = 3 4 year. Solve for
r after substituting values for A, P, and t.
3
4 263 = 4 200 1 r
4
4 263 = 4 200 + 3 150r
63 = 3 150r
0.02 = r
The annual interest rate is 2%
Ordinary Interest or Banker's Interest – interest
based on a 360-day year.
₱ 75,800 8 ½% 2 yr.
₱ 340,200 11% 6 yr.
₱ 1,400,500 9% 10 yr.