True or false: what changes and what does not
Exercise and reference answers
- Questions
- Statement is true
- Yes
- Statement
- The principal stays the same throughout the term.
- Statement is true
- Yes
- Statement
- The yearly interest stays the same throughout the term.
- Statement is true
- Yes
- Statement
- The amount grows each year.
- Statement is true
- No
- Statement
- The yearly interest grows each year.
- Statement is true
- Yes
- Statement
- The rate is quoted per annum.
Explanation
Under simple interest the base never moves. Source: syllabus Maths, Ch 7 Comparing Quantities.