Compound Interest Problems : Quantitative Questions

Bunuel · 2014-07-28T14:57:47-07:00

Compound Interest Problems This post is a part of the Special Questions Directory focusing on Quant topics traditionally neglected and not covered by conventional sources but still tested on the GMAT. Many of these are above average difficulty questions Compound interest questions are quite often for the test. Many of them involve quite ugly numbers and tedious math, which should be an indication that they can be solved with a shortcut approach or approximation. PS: alex-deposited-x-dollars-into-a-new-account-126459.html peter-invests-100-000-in-an-account-that-pays-167793.html if-1-000-was-invested-at-an-annual-interest-rate-of-64739.html on-the-first-of-the-year-james-invested-x-dollars-at-128825.html 10-000-is-deposited-in-a-certain-account-that-pays-r-65464.html jolene-entered-an-18-month-investment-contract-that-127308.html louie-takes-out-a-three-month-loan-of-1000-the-lender-101506.html michelle-deposited-a-certain-sum-of-money-in-a-savings-138273.html alan-has-split-his-savings-equally-into-two-accounts-the-174445.html leona-bought-a-1-year-10-000-certificate-of-deposit-that-143742.html donald-plans-to-invest-x-dollars-in-a-savings-account-that-82702.html a-sum-of-3310-is-to-be-paid-back-in-3-equal-installments-151366.html diana-invested-61-293-in-an-account-with-a-fixed-annual-168637.html on-a-certain-day-tim-invested-1-000-at-10-percent-annual-117437.html jim-needs-1-000-to-buy-a-new-flat-screen-tv-since-he-has-159412.html julie-put-half-of-her-savings-in-a-savings-account-that-pays-174262.html shawn-invested-one-half-of-his-savings-in-a-bond-that-paid-s-37333.html john-deposited-10-000-to-open-a-new-savings-account-that-135825.html marcus-deposited-8-000-to-open-a-new-savings-account-that-128395.html an-amount-is-deposited-into-an-account-accruing-interest-ann-141389.html a-bank-offers-an-interest-of-5-per-annum-compounded-annua-154203.html if-money-is-invested-at-r-percent-interest-compounded-annua-144266.html a-sum-of-money-doubles-itself-at-a-compound-interest-in-15-y-167196.html if-money-is-invested-at-r-percent-interest-compounded-annual-104225.html an-investment-of-1000-was-made-in-a-certain-account-and-ear-142993.html the-difference-between-simple-interest-and-compound-interest-of-a-198898.html DS: if-a-loan-of-p-dollars-at-an-interest-rate-of-r-percent-161402.html on-may-1-of-last-year-jasmin-invested-x-dollars-in-a-new-133937.html at-the-beginning-of-january-2003-elizabeth-invested-money-in-an-accou-194353.html https://gmatclub.com/forum/diana-invested-61-293-in-an-account-with-a-fixed-annual-168637.html john-deposited-10-000-to-open-a-new-savings-account-that-135825.html on-the-first-of-the-year-james-invested-x-dollars-at-128825.html marcus-deposited-8-000-to-open-a-new-savings-account-that-128395.html jolene-entered-an-18-month-investment-contract-that-127308.html alex-deposited-x-dollars-into-a-new-account-126459.html michelle-deposited-a-certain-sum-of-money-in-a-savings-138273.html peter-invests-100-000-in-an-account-that-pays-167793.html

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