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Department of Education
Region V – Bicol
SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE OF CAMARINES NORTE
I. INTRODUCTORY CONCEPTS
A. TopicRE
Math of Investment: Simple and Compound Interest
B. Brief Description
Finance is a term for matters regarding the management, creation, and study of money and investments. Specifically, it
deals with the questions of how and why an individual, company or government acquires the money needed - called capital in
the company context - and how they spend or invest that money. In this lesson, you are expected to investigate and analyse
problems involving simple and compound interest that deals with the so called Finance.
B. Exercises/Activities
Being a Senior High School Student, it is a necessity that you are aware of the finances that your parents are involved in. It
may include expenses like water and electric bills, maybe rent, food expenses and tuition fees and other household
expenses that is a must for your living or it can be your parents’ monthly income as well. Knowing these, for you to be
able to help in budgeting, you should know how to deal finances especially if your parents have loans or planning to have
a loan or if your parents are into business of lending money to others.
Scenario #1:
Miko’s father borrowed P25,000 for the repair of their house at 10% annual simple interest rate in
the bank. How much should he pay after 3 years and 6 months?
Scenario #2:
Kyla lends P45, 000 to Jovi for 3 years at 5% compounded annually. Find the future value
and
interest of this amount.
1. Being a simple help to your parents in dealing with the finances of your family is an indicator that you are applying what
you learned in school. Even by just illustrating to them what a simple and compound interest is, means a manifestation of
your involvement in the family’s important matters that leads to helping your parents.
B. Parallel Test
Directions: Read the following statements below and decide whether it belongs to simple interest or if it concerns
about compound interest. Write SI if is Simple Interest on the space provided before item number, otherwise write CI
to distinguishes between simple and compound interests.
1. This type of interest is easier to calculate.
2. This type of interest is always the same amount since it is a percentage of the principal.
3. In this type of interest, amount will be different every accrual period since it is a percentage of the principal plus interest earned
or accrued to date.
4. In this type of interest, you won't be charged for outstanding interest when you pay the loan off.
5. This type of interest is better for purchases such as car loans since the cost of the loan is static.
6. This type of interest is better for investing or saving since your funds will grow quicker.
7. In this type of interest, you are basically paying interest on interest!
8. With this type of interest, borrowers must pay interest on the interest as well as the principal.
9. This type of interest paid or received over a certain period is a fixed percentage of the principal amount that was
borrowed or lent.
10. This type of interest, accrues and is added to the accumulated interest of previous periods.
V. ANSWER KEY
A. Key to Correction
Activity 1
Scenario #1 Scenario #2
1. Borrower or debtor 1. Lender or creditor
2. Principal 2. Principal
3. Rate 3. Borrower or debtor
4. Lender or creditor 4. Time or term
5. Time or term 5. Rate
6. Simple Interest 6. Compound Interest
7. Maturity value or future value 7. Future value and Interest
B. Reflection:
Answers varies
C. Parallel Assessment
Simple Interest Numbers: 1 , 2 , 4 , 5 , 9
Compound Interest Numbers: 3 , 6 , 7, 8 , 10
D. Expected Output/s
1. Answer of reflective questions
2. Answer of Parallel Assessment
VI. REFERENCE
DepEd – ROV Module 1 in General Math, Quarter 2.
Prepared by:
RAUL A. MALLAPRE
Subject Teacher
APPROVED:
FLOREDELISA V. MAGANA
School Principal II