Practice Quiz - Section 3-1 (Form A) - Simple Interest
Multiple-choice exercise
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A loan of $850 is made at 7.5% simple interest for 4 months. How much interest is owed when the loan is due?
$21.25
$255
$871.25
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A loan of $1800 is made at 11.3% simple interest for 60 days. What is the total amount due at the end of the time period? (Use a 360-day year.)
$1833.90
$33.90
$14,004
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A check for $5460 was used to pay off a loan which was made at a rate of 7.5% simple interest for 8 months. How much money was borrowed originally?
$5200
$5187
$3500
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A loan of $3200 was paid off at the end of 90 days with a check for $3276.80. What annual rate of interest was used? (Use a 360-day year.)
9.6%
2.67%
2.4%
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An advertisement for a loan company states that you only pay 12 cents per day for each $100 borrowed. If you borrow $800 for 50 days, what amount will you repay?
$848
$48
$800.96
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An advertisement for a loan company states that you only pay 12 cents per day for each $100 borrowed. If you borrow $800 for 50 days, what annual rate of interest is the company actually charging? (Use a 360-day year.) Note: This is a continuation of question #5.
43.2%
4.32%
.12%
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