ARELLANO UNIVERSITY
Juan Sumulong Campus
2600 Legarda St., Sampaloc, Manila
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
School 2021-2022
NAME: _____________________________ DATE:________________________
GRADE & SECTION:___________________ TEACHER:_____________________
CONCEPT NOTES 1
I. TOPIC: BASIC BUSINESS MATHEMATICS: Simple Interest
II. LEARNING GOAL: The students should be able to:
a. Define simple interest.
b. Illustrates simple interest.
c. Compute interest, maturity value, future value, and
present value in simple interest environment.
d. Solve problems involving simple interest.
III. CONCEPTS
Simple Interest
I = Prt
Where:
I = simple interest
P = principal or the amount invested or borrowed
r = simple interest rate
t = term or time in years
Maturity(future) value
F=P+I
F = P(1 + rt)
Example 1: A bank offers 0.25% annual simple interest rate for a particular deposit. How much interest
will be earned if 1 million pesos is deposited in this savings account for 1 year?
Given:
P = 1,000,0000
r = 0.25%=0.0025
t=1
FIND:= Is
I=Prt
= (1,000,000)(0.0025)(1)
=2500
EXAMPLE 2: HOW MUCH INTEREST IS CHARGED WHEN P50,000 IS BORROWED FOR 9MONS. AT AN
ANNUAL RATE OF 10%
Given:
P= 50,000
r=10%=0.1
t=9mons. =9/12=0.75
I=Prt
I=(50,000)(0.1)(0.75)
I= 3,750
Example 3: When invested at an annual interest rate of 7%, the amount earned P11,200 of simple
interest in two years. How much money was originally invested?
Given:
I = 11,200
r = 7% = 0.07
t=2
Solution:
I = Prt
P = 𝐼/𝑟𝑡
= 11,200/(0.07(2))
= 11,200/0.14
= 80,000
Example 4: If an entrepreneur applies for a loan amounting to P500,000 in a bank, the simple interest of
which is P 157,000 for 3 years, what interest rate is being charged?
Given:
P= 500,000
I= 157,000
t=3
Find: rate
Solution: I = Prt
r = 𝐼/𝑃𝑡
r= 157,000/((500,000)(3))
=157,000/1500000
= 0.105= 10.5%
Example 5: Find the maturity value if 1 million pesos is deposited in a bank at an annual simple interest
rate of 0.25% after (a) 1 year (b) 5 years?
Given: P = 1,000,000
r = 0.25% = 0.0025
Find:(a) maturity or future value F after 1 year
(b) maturity or future value F after 5 years
Solution: F=P+I F=P(1+rt)
a. Find the maturity value after 1yr
F= P(1+rt)
= 1,000,000(1+(0.0025)(1))
=1,000,000(1.0025)
1,002,500
b. Find the maturity value after 5yrs
F=P(1+rt)
=1,000,000(1+0.0025(5))
=1, 012,500
IV. EXERCISES
Complete the table below by finding unknown. (show your solution)
PRINCIPAL RATE TIME INTEREST
(P) (r) (t) (Is)
(a) 2% 3 1000
25,000 (b) 2 3000
250,000 1% (c) 500
500,000 12.5% 10 (d)