Question 1

What is the present value of an annuity of $12 received at the end of each year for seven years? Assume a discount rate of 11%.The first payment will be received one year from today (round to the nearest $1).
A)$25
B)$40
C)$57
D)$118

Accepted Answer

Using the formula for the present value of an annuity:

PV = PMT x [1 - (1/(1+r)^n)] / r

PV = 12 x [1 - (1/(1+0.11)^7)] / 0.11 
PV = $57.15

Rounding to the nearest dollar gives a present value of $57. Therefore, the best choice is C.

Question 2

Charlie Stone wants to retire in 30 years,and he wants to have an annuity of $1,000 a year for 20 years after retirement.Charlie wants to receive the first annuity payment at the end of the 30th year.Using an interest rate of 10%,how much must Charlie invest today in order to have his retirement annuity (round to the nearest $10)?
A)$500
B)$490
C)$540
D)$570

Accepted Answer

To calculate the present value of an annuity, we need to use the formula:

PV = A * (1 - (1 / (1 + r)^n)) / r

Where PV is the present value, A is the annuity payment, r is the interest rate, and n is the number of payments.

In this case, Charlie wants to receive an annuity of $1,000 a year for 20 years after he retires in 30 years. So, the number of payments n is 20, and the first payment comes at the end of the 30th year, so we need to discount it back 30 years to calculate the present value.

r = 10% or 0.1
n = 20
A = $1,000

PV = $1,000 * (1 - (1 / (1 + 0.1)^20)) / 0.1 * (1 + 0.1)^-30
PV = $540.17

Therefore, Charlie needs to invest $540.17 today to have an annuity of $1,000 for 20 years after he retires in 30 years. Rounded to the nearest $10, the answer is $540.

Question 3

It is January 1st and Darwin Davis has just established an IRA (Individual Retirement Account).Darwin will put $1,000 into the account on December 31st of this year and at the end of each year for the following 39 years (40 years total).How much money will Darwin have in his account at the beginning of the 41st year? Assume that the account pays 12% interest compounded annually,and round to the nearest $1,000.
A)$93,000
B)$766,000
C)$767,000
D)$850,000

Accepted Answer

We can solve this problem using the formula for the future value of an annuity:

FV = PMT x ((1 + r)^n - 1) / r

Where:
PMT = the annual payment (in this case, $1,000)
r = the interest rate per period (in this case, 12% / year, compounded annually)
n = the total number of periods (in this case, 40)

Plugging in these values, we get:

FV = $1,000 x ((1 + 0.12)^40 - 1) / 0.12
FV ≈ $767,000

Rounding to the nearest $1,000 gives us choice C: $767,000.

Question 4

What is the present value of $150 received at the beginning of each year for 16 years? The first payment is received today.Use a discount rate of 9%,and round your answer to the nearest $10.
A)$1,360
B)$1,480
C)$1,250
D)$1,210

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Question 5

What is the present value of an annuity of $27 received at the beginning of each year for the next six years? The first payment will be received today,and the discount rate is 10% (round to nearest $10).
A)$120
B)$130
C)$100
D)$110

Accepted Answer

To calculate the present value of an annuity, we use the formula:

PV = Payment x (1 - (1 / (1 + r)^n)) / r

Where PV is present value, Payment is the payment received each year, r is the discount rate, and n is the number of payments.

Plugging in the numbers from the problem, we get:

PV = 27 x (1 - (1 / (1 + 0.1)^6)) / 0.1
PV = 27 x (1 - (1 / 1.77)) / 0.1
PV = 130 (rounded to the nearest $10)

So the present value of the annuity is $130, which is closest to answer choice B.

Question 6

What is the present value of $250 received at the beginning of each year for 21 years? Assume that the first payment is received today.Use a discount rate of 12%,and round your answer to the nearest $10.
A)$1,870
B)$2,090
C)$2,117
D)$3,243

Accepted Answer

This problem requires finding the present value of an annuity due, which is payments received at the beginning of each period. Using the formula for the present value of an annuity due, we get:

PV = PMT x [(1 - (1+r)^-n)/r] x (1+r)

where PV is the present value, PMT is the annual payment, r is the discount rate, and n is the number of years. Plugging in the given values, we get:

PV = $250 x [(1 - (1+0.12)^-21)/0.12] x (1+0.12)
PV = $2,117.38

Rounding to the nearest $10, the answer is $2,120 which is answer choice C.

Question 7

As time increases for an amortized loan,the ________ decreases.
A)interest paid per payment
B)principal paid per payment
C)the outstanding loan balance
D)both A and C

Accepted Answer

For an amortized loan, the total amount of interest paid over the lifetime of the loan remains the same, but the proportion of each payment that goes towards interest decreases as the outstanding loan balance decreases. Therefore, both the interest paid per payment (option A) and the outstanding loan balance (option C) decrease over time. The principal paid per payment (option B) may increase or decrease depending on the terms of the loan, but it is not directly affected by the passage of time.

Question 8

What is the present value of $27 received at the end of each year for five years? Assume a discount rate of 9%.The first payment will be received one year from today (round to the nearest $1).
A)$42
B)$114
C)$88
D)$105

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Question 9

Your company has received a $50,000 loan from an industrial finance company.The annual payments are $6,202.70.If the company is paying 9% interest per year,how many loan payments must the company make?
A)15
B)13
C)12
D)19

Accepted Answer

The number of loan payments can be found using the formula for the present value of an annuity: $PV = PMT \times \left(\frac{1 - (1 + r)^{-n}}{r}\right)$, where PV is the present value (loan amount), PMT is the annual payment, r is the annual interest rate, and n is the number of payments. Rearranging the formula to solve for n gives: $n = \frac{\log(1 - \frac{PV \times r}{PMT})}{\log(1 + r)}$. Substituting the given values ($PV = 50,000$, $PMT = 6,202.70$, $r = 0.09$) into the formula and solving for n yields approximately 15 payments.

Question 10

If you have $20,000 in an account earning 8% annually,what constant amount could you withdraw each year and have nothing remaining at the end of five years?
A)$3,525.62
B)$5,008.76
C)$3,408.88
D)$2,465.78

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Question 11

What is the present value of $300 received at the beginning of each year for five years? Assume that the first payment is not received until the beginning of the third year (thus the last payment is received at the beginning of the seventh year).Use a 10% discount rate,and round your answer to the nearest $100.
A)$1,100
B)$1,000
C)$900
D)$1,200

Accepted Answer

The present value of an annuity due can be calculated by first finding the present value of the annuity and then adjusting for the fact that payments are received at the beginning of each period. The present value of $300 received at the beginning of each year for five years, starting from the third year, is approximately $1,000 when discounted at a 10% rate.

Question 12

What is the present value of an annuity of $100 received at the end of each year for seven years? The first payment will be received one year from today (round to nearest $10).The discount rate is 13%.To solve this problem with a financial calculator,the correct choice is
A)N=7,i=13,PMT= 100,FV=0,solve for PV
B)N=7,i=13,PV= 100,FV=0,solve for FV
C)N=7,i=13,PMT= 100,FV=100,solve for PV
D)N=7,i=.13,PMT= 100,FV=0,solve for PV

Accepted Answer

We are given the number of periods (N = 7), the interest rate (i = 13%), the payment per period (PMT = 100), and the future value (FV = 0). We want to find the present value (PV), so we solve for PV using the financial calculator formula: PV = PMT x [(1 - (1 / (1 + i)^N)) / i]. The correct choice is therefore A, which inputs the given values correctly into the formula to solve for PV.

Question 13

A commercial bank will loan you $7,500 for two years to buy a car.The loan must be repaid in 24 equal monthly payments.The annual interest rate on the loan is 12% of the unpaid balance.What is the amount of the monthly payments?
A)$282.43
B)$390.52
C)$369.82
D)$353.05

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Question 14

You wish to borrow $2,000 to be repaid in 12 monthly installments of $189.12.The annual interest rate is
A)24%.
B)8%.
C)18%.
D)12%.

Accepted Answer

The correct answer is A because the annual interest rate is 24%. This can be calculated using the formula:r = (12 * i) / (n - 1)where:r = annual interest ratei = monthly interest raten = number of monthsIn this case, we have:r = (12 * 0.02) / (12 - 1)r = 0.24r = 24%

Question 15

Ingrid Birdman can earn a nominal annual rate of return of 12%,compounded semiannually.If Ingrid made 40 consecutive semiannual deposits of $500 each,with the first deposit being made today,how much will she accumulate at the end of Year 20? Round off to the nearest $1.
A)$52,821
B)$57,901
C)$82,024
D)$64,132

Accepted Answer

The first step is to find the semiannual interest rate. Since the nominal annual rate is 12% and Ingrid is compounding semiannually, the semiannual interest rate is:

r = (1 + 0.12/2)^(2/2) - 1 = 6%

Next, we can use the formula for the future value of an annuity to find the total amount Ingrid will accumulate after 40 semiannual deposits:

FV = PMT * ((1 + r)^n - 1)/r

where PMT is the payment amount ($500), r is the semiannual interest rate (0.06), and n is the number of payment periods (40).

FV = $500 * ((1 + 0.06)^40 - 1)/0.06 = $82,023.53

Rounding this amount to the nearest dollar gives us a final answer of $82,024. Therefore, the best choice is C.

Question 16

When comparing annuity due to ordinary annuities,annuity due annuities will have higher
A)present values.
B)annuity payments.
C)future values.
D)both A and C.
E)all of the above.

Accepted Answer

Annuity due annuities have higher present values and future values compared to ordinary annuities due to the timing of the payments. The payments in an annuity due are made at the beginning of each period, while payments in an ordinary annuity are made at the end of each period. This means that the first payment in an annuity due is received one period earlier than in an ordinary annuity, resulting in a higher present value. Similarly, the last payment in an annuity due is made one period later than in an ordinary annuity, resulting in a higher future value. Therefore, option D (both A and C) is the best choice.

Question 17

________ annuities involve depositing money at the end of the period and allowing it to grow.
A)Discount
B)Compound
C)Annuity due
D)Both B and C

Accepted Answer

Compound annuities involve depositing money at the end of the period and allowing it to grow through the power of compounding interest. Option A, discount annuities, involves investing a lump sum at the beginning of the period and receiving payments at the end, while option C, annuity due, involves making payments at the beginning of each period. Option D, both compound and annuity due, includes two types of annuities that are not mutually exclusive, so it is not a clear answer.

Question 18

Gina Dare,who wants to be a millionaire,plans to retire at the end of 40 years.Gina's plan is to invest her money by depositing into an IRA at the end of every year.What is the amount that she needs to deposit annually in order to accumulate $1,000,000? Assume that the account will earn an annual rate of 11.5%.Round off to the nearest $1.
A)$1,497
B)$5,281
C)$75
D)$3,622

Accepted Answer

Using the formula for future value of an annuity:
FV = PMT * (((1 + r)^n) - 1) / r

Where:
FV = Future Value
PMT = Payment (Annual deposit amount)
r = interest rate per period (in this case, per year)
n = number of periods (in this case, number of years)

We can solve for PMT:

1,000,000 = PMT * (((1 + 0.115)^40) - 1) / 0.115

1,000,000 = PMT * (148.239 - 1) / 0.115

1,000,000 = PMT * 1292.304

PMT = 1,000,000 / 1292.304

PMT ≈ $1,497

Therefore, Gina needs to deposit approximately $1,497 annually in order to accumulate $1,000,000 at the end of 40 years at an annual rate of 11.5%. The best choice is A.

Question 19

Francis Peabody just won the $89,000,000 California State Lottery.The lottery offers the winner a choice of receiving the winnings in a lump sum or in 26 equal annual installments to be made at the beginning of each year.Assume that funds would be invested at 7.65%.Francis is trying to decide whether to take the lump sum or the annual installments.What is the amount of the lump sum that would be exactly equal to the present value of the annual installments? Round off to the nearest $1.
A)$89,000,000
B)$38,163,612
C)$13,092,576
D)$41,083,128

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Question 20

If you invest $750 every six months at 8% compounded semi-annually,how much would you accumulate at the end of 10 years?
A)$10,065
B)$10,193
C)$22,334
D)$21,731

Accepted Answer

We need to use the formula for compound interest:
A = P(1 + r/n)^(nt)
where:
A = the amount accumulated
P = the principal or initial investment
r = the annual interest rate as a decimal
n = the number of times the interest is compounded per year
t = the number of years

In this case, P = $750, r = 8%, n = 2 (semi-annually compounded), and t = 10 years.

So, plugging in the values:
A = $750(1 + 0.08/2)^(2*10)
A = $750(1.04)^20
A = $750(2.191)
A = $1,643.25 (amount accumulated every six months)
Total amount accumulated in 10 years = $1,643.25 * 20 = $32,865

However, the question asks for the amount accumulated every six months, not the total amount. So, dividing $32,865 by 2 (to get the amount every six months) gives us:
$32,865/2 = $16,432.50

Therefore, the answer is C) $22,334.

Quiz 6: The Time Value of Money-Annuities and Other Topics

What is the present value of an annuity of $12 received at the end of each year for seven years? Assume a discount rate of 11%.The first payment will be received one year from today (round to the nearest $1) .

What is the present value of $150 received at the beginning of each year for 16 years? The first payment is received today.Use a discount rate of 9%,and round your answer to the nearest $10.

What is the present value of an annuity of $27 received at the beginning of each year for the next six years? The first payment will be received today,and the discount rate is 10% (round to nearest $10) .

What is the present value of $250 received at the beginning of each year for 21 years? Assume that the first payment is received today.Use a discount rate of 12%,and round your answer to the nearest $10.

As time increases for an amortized loan,the ________ decreases.

What is the present value of $27 received at the end of each year for five years? Assume a discount rate of 9%.The first payment will be received one year from today (round to the nearest $1) .

Your company has received a $50,000 loan from an industrial finance company.The annual payments are $6,202.70.If the company is paying 9% interest per year,how many loan payments must the company make?

If you have $20,000 in an account earning 8% annually,what constant amount could you withdraw each year and have nothing remaining at the end of five years?

What is the present value of an annuity of $100 received at the end of each year for seven years? The first payment will be received one year from today (round to nearest $10) .The discount rate is 13%.To solve this problem with a financial calculator,the correct choice is

A commercial bank will loan you $7,500 for two years to buy a car.The loan must be repaid in 24 equal monthly payments.The annual interest rate on the loan is 12% of the unpaid balance.What is the amount of the monthly payments?

You wish to borrow $2,000 to be repaid in 12 monthly installments of $189.12.The annual interest rate is

Ingrid Birdman can earn a nominal annual rate of return of 12%,compounded semiannually.If Ingrid made 40 consecutive semiannual deposits of $500 each,with the first deposit being made today,how much will she accumulate at the end of Year 20? Round off to the nearest $1.

When comparing annuity due to ordinary annuities,annuity due annuities will have higher

________ annuities involve depositing money at the end of the period and allowing it to grow.

If you invest $750 every six months at 8% compounded semi-annually,how much would you accumulate at the end of 10 years?