Business Math MATH 1324

North Lake College

David Katz, instructor

Section by Section List of Test Topics For Exam #4 (Chapters 5)

The exam will consist of 11 free response questions from this list of 26 topics from your homework sections.


This unit focuses on finance problems. The basic finance formulas on pages 270, 278, 283, 291, 295 will be given to you on a formula sheet at the Testing Center. Although you do not need to memorize these formulas, you do need to know what the parameters (e.g., FV, PV, m, n, etc.) stand for.

  1. (5-1) Identify the interest rate r and the time t in years in an applied problem on simple interest

  2. (5-1) Know that future value (FV) always occurs after present value (PV) on a timeline

  3. (5-1) Compute the future value for an investment earning simple interest

  4. (5-1) Compute the present value for an investment earning simple interest

  5. (5-1) Compute the total interest earned on an investment earning simple interest

  6. (5-1) Know that maturity value is the dollar value printed on the bond and is returned to you when the bond matures
  7. (5-2) Identify the interest rate r, the time t in years, and the number m of compounding periods per year for a compound interest problem
  8. (5-2) Know that annual percentage rate (APR) is the same as r in the textbook
  9. (5-2) Know that simple interest is the same as compound interest when m = 1 (one time per year)
  10. (5-2) Compute the future value for an investment earning compound interest
  11. (5-2) Compute the present value for an investment earning compound interest
  12. (5-2) Compute the total interest earned for an investment earning compound interest
  13. (5-2) Know that zero-coupon bond means a bond that officially does not earn any interest
  14. (5-2) Compute the purchase price for a zero-coupon bond given the desired yield (i.e., annual rate of return using simple interest)
  15. (5-2) Compute the effective interest rate (aka annual percentage yield or APY) for a compound interest problem
  16. (5-2) Know that in problems with depreciation, the value of r is negative
  17. (5-2) Know that in problems with inflation, the value of r is positive
  18. (5-2) Compute the value of an investment in constant dollars (aka inflation adjusted dollars)
  19. (5-3) Know that in an ordinary annuity the payment is processed at the end of the compounding period after the interest is computed
  20. (5-3) Know that the increasing annuity formula is used for plans where the value of the fund increases (e.g., pension plans)
  21. (5-3) Solve the increasing annuity formula for future value, present value, and/or payment (PMT)
  22. (5-3) Know that the decreasing annuity formula is used for plans where the value of the fund decreases (e.g., loans, mortgages)
  23. (5-3) Solve the decreasing annuity formula for future value, present value, and/or payment
  24. (5-3) Know how to use your calculator to assist in solving annuity and compound interest problem
  25. (5-3) In the TI calculator, know:  N = mt   I = APR in %   P/Y = payments/year   C/Y = m
  26. (5-3) Know that calculators use the accounting convention that negative $$ flow from you to the bank; positive $$ flow from the bank to you

 

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