Module10 2
Module10 2
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Welcome to General Mathematics!
Module 10.2:
Simple Interest
A C T U A L A N D A P P R O X I M AT E T I M E
EXACT AND ORDINARY INTEREST
Exercise:
Complete the table by finding the unknown.
Maturity
Simple
Principal (P) Rate (r) Time (t) Value
Interest (Is)
(F)
02
01 03
Actual and 04
Approximate 05
Time 06
NUMBER OF DAYS BETWEEN TWO DATES:
ACTUAL AND APPROXIMATE
1. Actual time - obtained by counting each day of
every month of the term,
excluding the origin date.
Jun Sept
July Apr Nov Aug
May
Feb Oct
Mar Dec
Jan
02
02 03
Exact and 04
Ordinary 05
Interest 06
EXACT AND ORDINARY INTEREST
Ordinary interest is calculated on the basis of a 360-day
year or a 30-day month. Exact interest is calculated on a
365-day year. The interest formulas for both ordinary and
exact interest are actually the same, with time slightly
differing when given as number of days.