smc-1140-30-Other Loan Tables

Financial Maths, STD2 F4 2006 HSC 27a

Liliana wants to borrow money to buy a house. The bank sent her an email with the following table attached.

Liliana decides that she can afford $1000 per month on repayments.

What is the maximum amount she can borrow, and how many years will she have to repay the loan? (1 mark)

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Zali intends to borrow $160 000 over 15 years from the same bank.

If she chooses to borrow $160 000 over 20 years instead, how much more interest will she pay? (2 marks)

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`text{$130 000 (over 30 years)}`
`$45\ 964.80`

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i. `text(From table)`

`text{$130 000 (over 30 years)}`

ii. `text(Total repayments over 15 years)`

`= $1529.04 xx 180`

`= $275\ 227.20`

`text(Total repayments over 20 years)`

`= $1338.30 xx 240`

`= $321\ 192.00`

`:.\ text(Extra interest over 20 years)`

`= 321\ 192.00 – 275\ 227.20`

`= $45\ 964.80`

Financial Maths, STD2 F4 2004 HSC 27a

Aaron decides to borrow $150 000 over a period of 20 years at a rate of 7.0% per annum.

Using the Monthly Repayment Table, calculate Aaron’s monthly repayment. (2 marks)

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How much interest does he pay over the 20 years? (2 marks)

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Aaron calculates that if he repays the loan over 15 years, his total repayments would be `$242\ 730`.

How much interest would he save by repaying the loan over 15 years instead of 20 years? (2 marks)

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`$1162.50`
`$129\ 000`
`$36\ 270`

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i. `text(Using the table:)`

`text(Monthly repayment on $1000 at 7.0% over 20 years = $7.75)`

`:.\ text(Monthly repayment on $150 000 loan)`

`= 150 xx 7.75`

`= $1162.50`

ii. `text(Total repayments over 20 years)`

`= 20 xx 12 xx 1162.50`

`= $279\ 000`

`:.\ text(Interest paid over 20 years)`

`= 279\ 000 – 150\ 000`

`= $129\ 000`

iii. `text(Savings)`	`=\ text{Total paid (20 years) – Total paid (15 years)`
	`= 279\ 000 – 242\ 730`
	`= $36\ 270`

Financial Maths, STD2 F4 2005 HSC 10 MC

The table is used to calculate monthly loan repayments.

Samantha has borrowed $70 000 at 8% per annum for 15 years.

What is her monthly loan repayment?

$143.40
$669.20
$8030.40
$10 038.00

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`B`

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`text(Monthly repayment of $1000 at 8% for 15 years)`

`= $9.56`

`:.\ text(Monthly repayment of $70 000)`

`= 70 × $9.56`

`= $669.20`

`=> B`

Financial Maths, STD2 F4 2010 HSC 25b

William wants to buy a car. He takes out a loan for $28 000 at 7% per annum interest for four years.

Monthly repayments for loans at different interest rates are shown in the spreadsheet.

How much interest does William pay over the term of this loan? (2 marks)

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`$4183.52`

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♦ Mean mark 42%
MARKER’S COMMENT: An incorrect table value used correctly in the following calculations received half-marks here. Show your working!

`text(Loan) = $28\ 000,\ \ \ \ r =\ text(7% p.a.)`

`text(Monthly repayment = $670.49`

`text(# Repayments) = 4 xx 12 = 48`

`text(Total repaid)`	`= 48 xx 670.49`
	`= $32\ 183.52`

`:.\ text(Interest paid)`	`=32\ 183.52\-28\ 000`
	`=$4183.52`

Financial Maths, STD2 F4 2010 HSC 28a

The table shows monthly home loan repayments with interest rate changes from February to October 2009.

What is the change in monthly repayments on a $250 000 loan from February 2009 to April 2009? (1 mark)

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Xiang wants to borrow $307 000 to buy a house.

Xiang’s bank approves loans for customers if their loan repayments are no more than 30% of their monthly gross salary.

Xiang’s monthly gross salary is $6500.

If she had applied for the loan in October 2009, would her bank have approved her loan?

Justify your answer with suitable calculations. (3 marks)

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Jack took out a loan at the same time and for the same amount as Xiang.

Graphs of their loan balances are shown.

Identify TWO differences between the graphs and provide a possible explanation for each difference, making reference to interest rates and/or loan repayments. (2 marks)

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`text(Monthly repayments decrease by $15)`
`text(S)text(ince repayments of 1987.29 > 1950, the loan)`
`text(would not have been approved.)`
`text(Differences)`
`text(Jack’s loan balance falls more sharply for first 12 years)`
`text(Jack’s loan balance falls less sharply between years 12-30.)`
`text(Explanation)`
`text(Jack made larger repayments for first 12 years, or)`
`text(Jack made the same repayments but had a lower interest rate)`
`text(for the first 12 years.)`
`text(Jack made smaller repayments in years 12-30.)`

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i.	`text(Repayment)\ text{(Feb 09)}`	`= 1588`
	`text(Repayment)\ text{(Apr 09)}`	`= 1573`

`text(Difference) = 1588\-1573 = 15`

`:.\ text(Monthly repayments decrease by $15)`

♦ Mean mark 39%
MARKER’S COMMENT: Borrowing $307,000 can be achieved by borrowing $300,000, and then `7` times the table repayment value for borrowing $1000.

ii.

`text(Loan) = $307\ 000`

`text{Repayments (Oct 09)}`	`= 1942 + (7 xx 6.47)`
	`= 1942 + 45.29`
	`= $1987.29\ text(per month)`

`text(30% Gross salary)`	`= 6500 xx\ text(30%)`
	`= $1950\ text(per month)`

`:.\ text(S)text(ince repayments of $1987.29 > $1950, the loan)`

`text(would not have been approved.)`

iii. `text(Differences)`

`text(Jack’s loan balance falls more sharply for first 12 years)`

`text(Jack’s loan balance falls less sharply between years 12-30.)`

`text{Explanation(s)}`

♦ Mean mark 36%
MARKER’S COMMENT: Explanations were generally poor and many failed to refer directly to the graphs shown, or reference Xiang or Jack directly.

`text(Jack made larger repayments for 1st 12 years, or)`

`text(Jack made the same repayments but had a)`

`text(lower interest rate for the first 12 years.)`

`text(Jack made smaller repayments in years 12-30.)`