Tap every sign that compounding is at work
Exercise and reference answers
- Questions
- Items
- Text
- The interest added rises each year
- Matches the category
- Yes
- Text
- The base grows over time
- Matches the category
- Yes
- Text
- Interest is worked on last year's amount
- Matches the category
- Yes
- Text
- The same interest is added each year
- Matches the category
- No
- Text
- The base never changes
- Matches the category
- No
- Category
- A sign of COMPOUND interest
Explanation
Reading a passbook and spotting which kind of interest it shows. Source: syllabus Maths, Ch 7 Comparing Quantities.