16) If you want to have $90 in four years, how much money must you put in a savings
account today? Assume that the savings account pays 8.5% and it is compounded monthly
(round to the nearest $1).
A) $64
B) $65
C) $66
D) $71
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17) How much money must be put into a bank account yielding 5.5% (compounded
annually) in order to have $250 at the end of ive years (round to nearest $1)?
A) $237
B) $191
C) $187
D) $179
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18) If you want to have $1,200 in 27 months, how much money must you put in a savings
account today? Assume that the savings account pays 14% and it is compounded monthly
(round to the nearest $10).
A) $910
B) $890
C) $880
D) $860
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Use the following information to answer the following question(s).
A Max, Inc. deposited $2,000 in a bank account that pays 12% interest annually.
19) What will the dollar amount be in four years, assuming that interest is paid annually?
A) $2,800
B) $3,100
C) $3,111
D) $3,148
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20) What will the dollar amount be if the interest is compounded semiannually for those
four years?
A) $3,100
B) $3,188
C) $3,240
D) $3,290
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21) How many periods would it take for the deposit to grow to $6,798 if the interest is
compounded semiannually?
A) 17
B) 19
C) 21
D) 25
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22) You bought a painting 10 years ago as an investment. You originally paid $85,000 for it.
If you sold it for $484,050, what was your annual return on investment?
A) 47%
B) 4.7%
C) 19%
D) 12.8%
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23) You deposit $5,000 today in an account drawing 12% compounded quarterly. How much
will you have in the account at the end of 2 1/2 years?
A) $7,401
B) $5,523
C) $7,128
D) $6,720
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24) Middletown, USA currently has a population of 1.5 million people. It has been one of
the fastest growing cities in the nation, growing by an average of 4% per year for the last
ive years. If this city’s population continues to grow at 4% per year, what will the
population be 10 years from now?
A) 1,560,000
B) 2,220,366
C) 2,100,000
D) 1,824,979
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25) How many years will it take for an initial investment of $200 to grow to $544 if it is
invested today at 8% compounded annually?
A) 8 years
B) 10 years
C) 11 years
D) 13 years
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26) When using a inancial calculator, which of the following is the correct way to ind the
future value of $200 deposited today in an account for four years paying annual interest of
3% ?
A) N=4, i=.03, PV=-200, PMT=0, solve for FV
B) N=4, i=3, PV=-200, PMT=0, solve for FV
C) N=4, i=3, PV=0, PMT = $200, solve for FV
D) N=4, i=3, FV=200, PMT=0, solve for PV
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27) The future value of a single sum:
A) increases as the compound rate decreases.
B) decreases as the compound rate increases.
C) increases as the number of compound periods decreases.
D) increases as the compound rate increases.
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28) When using a inancial calculator, which of the following is a correct way to ind the
future value of $200 deposited today in an account for four years paying annual interest of
2% compounded quarterly?
A) N=16, i=.005, PV=200, PMT=0, solve for FV
B) N=4, i=.5, PV=200, PMT=0, solve for FV
C) N=16, i=.5, PV=-200, PMT=0, solve for FV
D) N=16, i=.03, FV=-200, PMT=0, solve for PV
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29) When using EXCEL to ind the future value of $2,000 invested in an account that would
earn interest of 7.5% for 18 years, the correct entry would be
A) =FV(7.5,18,0,-1,000)
B) =PV(.075,18,0,-1,000)
C) =FV(7.5,18,0,1,000)
D) =FV(.075,18,0,-1,000)
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30) When using a inancial calculator, which of the following is a correct way to ind the
future value of $200 deposited today in an account for four years paying annual interest of
2% compounded quarterly?
A) N=16, i=.005, PV=-200, PMT=0, solve for FV
B) N=4, i=.5, PV=$200, PMT=0, solve for FV
C) N=16, i=.5, PV=-200, PMT=0, solve for FV
D) N=16, i=.03, FV=200, PMT=0, solve for PV
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31) If you purchased a share of Mico.com stock on March 1, 1993 for $45 and you sold the
stock at $168 on February 28, 1998, what was your annual rate of return on the stock?
A) 83%
B) 75%
C) 20%
D) 30%
E) 50%
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32) At 8%, compounded annually, how long will it take $750 to double?
A) 9 years
B) 8 years
C) 12 years
D) 4 years
E) 6 years
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33) The future value of a lump sum deposited today increases as the number of years of
compounding at a positive rate of interest declines.
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34) If we invest money for 10 years at 8% interest, compounded semi-annually, we are
really investing money for 20 six-month periods, during which we receive 4% interest each
period.
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35) Determining the speciied amount of money that you will receive at the maturity of an
investment is an example of a future value equation.
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36) When performing time value of money computations with a inancial calculator or
EXCEL, PV and FV must have opposite signs.
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37) Assuming equal annual rates, the more frequent the compounding periods in a year, the
higher the future value.
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38) Briely discuss how non-annual compounding (more than one compounding period per
year) is preferable to annual compounding if you are an investor.
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39) If you deposit $1,000 each year in a savings account earning 4%, compounded annually,
how much will you have in 10 years?
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40) Your bank has agreed to loan you $3,000 if you agree to pay a lump sum of $5,775 in
ive years. What annual rate of interest will you be paying?
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41) Earnings per share for XYZ, Inc. grew constantly from $7.99 in 1974 to $12.68 in 1980.
What was the compound annual growth rate in earnings-per-share over the period?
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42) If you invest $450 today and it increases to $6,185 at the end of 20 years, what rate of
return have you earned?
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5.3 Discounting and Present Value
1) The present value of a single future sum
A) increases as the number of discount periods increases.
B) is generally larger than the future sum.
C) depends upon the number of discount periods.
D) increases as the discount rate increases.
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2) Assuming two investments have equal lives, a high discount rate tends to favor
A) the investment with large cash low early.
B) the investment with large cash low late.
C) the investment with even cash low.
D) neither investment since they have equal lives.
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