Simple-Interest-Worksheet-with-Key
Simple-Interest-Worksheet-with-Key
Simple Interest
To remember the calculations for Simple Interest, remember I = Prt
I = Interest rate, P = Principal amount, r = rate in percentage, t = time in years.
Solve the Simple Interest Problems:
1. You invested $101 and received $106.05 after one year. What was the interest rate?
2. If you received $175.84 on $314 invested at a rate of 7%, for how long did you invest the principal?
3. What is the interest rate if a principal of $213 earns $42.60 in interest in five years?
5. At what rate was an investment made that obtains $50.40 on $210 over four years?
6. If a loan is taken out for $318 at 9% and costs $171.72, how long was the loan for?
7. What was the interest rate if your balance on an investment of $555 at the end of six years is $821.40?
8. If a loan is taken out for $991 at 3% and costs $267.57, how long was the loan for?
9. If the balance at the end of eight years on an investment of $196 that has been invested at a rate of 9%
is $337.12, how much was the interest?
10. How much interest does a $276 investment earn at 9% over seven years?
Simple Interest
To remember the calculations for Simple Interest, remember I = Prt
I = Interest rate, P = Principal amount, r = rate in percentage, t = time in years.
Solve the Simple Interest Problems:
1. You invested $101 and received $106.05 after one year. What was the interest rate?
5%
2. If you received $175.84 on $314 invested at a rate of 7%, for how long did you invest the principal?
eight years
3. What is the interest rate if a principal of $213 earns $42.60 in interest in five years?
4%
5. At what rate was an investment made that obtains $50.40 on $210 over four years?
6%
6. If a loan is taken out for $318 at 9% and costs $171.72, how long was the loan for?
six years
7. What was the interest rate if your balance on an investment of $555 at the end of six years is $821.40?
8%
8. If a loan is taken out for $991 at 3% and costs $267.57, how long was the loan for?
nine years
9. If the balance at the end of eight years on an investment of $196 that has been invested at a rate of 9%
is $337.12, how much was the interest?
$141.12
10. How much interest does a $276 investment earn at 9% over seven years?
$173.88