Time Value of Money- Compound Interest

Mary, Mary, quite continuously, how does your money grow? Uses examples to examine the difference between simple interest and compound interest, and to take a look at different rates of compounding. Learners explore what would happen as...

Many math concepts are covered through this resource: percentages, decimals, ratios, exponential functions, graphing, rounding, order of operations, estimation, and solving equations. Colorful worksheets and a link to a Google search for...

Your learners will get lots of practice calculating simple and compound interest by the end of this lesson. Simple explanations and examples lead learners through the concepts and steps of calculating simple and compound interest...

Your young economists will be amazed at the effect of compounding interest more frequently in this collaborative task about making sound financial choices. Learners are walked through the calculations of a couple of examples and then...

Sal continues to look at changing the length of compounding time, from daily to hourly compounding interest. Now he is able to show that compounding 100% annual interest converges on the number 2.71É or e as the number of compounding...

Continuing with the lesson on compound interest, in this video, Sal derives the general formula for any amount of principle, interest rate, and compounding periods over one year.

Finally arriving at the general formula for continuously compounded interest as A = Pert, Sal shows a few examples. In the first example, the interest rate, rate of compounding, term of the loan, and principal are all given, and one...

Sal continues to look at changing the length of compounding time, from daily to hourly compounding interest. Now he is able to show that compounding 100% annual interest converges on the number 2.71É or e as the number of compounding...

Your car-loving or money-loving learners will enjoy this quick video on the time value of money (interest) presented in two scenarios about investing a bonus check to increase its future value in order to buy a favorite car. The formula...

View this tutorial for more than just a description of the formula for compound interest! An instructor goes through a problem, showing how to find simple interest and compound interest. After she completes each version, she explains the...