Free Practice Questions for Simple-and-compound-interest in Maths

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Question 1:

Rs. 80,000 will amount to How much in 2 years at compound interest, if the rate of interest for successive years be 10% and 5% per year?

Question 2:

Mohit invested a certain amount of money and got back an amount of Rs. 9900 after 3 years. If the rate of simple interest is 40%, what is the principal amount invested by Mohit?

Question 3:

At $18 \%$ per annum certain sum yields interest Rs. 8,100 in 3 years. At what percent per annum same sum yields interest Rs.37,500 in 8 years?

Question 4:

A sum of money compounded annually doubles itself in 5 years. In how many years will it become four times of itself?

Question 5:

Ankit deposited $30 \%$ of his salary to a HDFC bank which offers compound interest at the rate of $10 \%$ p.a. If the interest earned by him from the bank after 2 years is Rs. 5670, find the monthly expenditure of the man which is $33.33 \%$ of his monthly salary.

Question 6:

If the simple interest on a certain sum of money borrowed for 4 years at $8.5 \%$ per annum exceeds the simple interest on the same sum for 3 years at $10.5 \%$ per annum by Rs. 1000 , then the sum borrowed is:

Question 7:

A sum amounts to ₹37,632 at the end of two years at 12% per annum compound interest, interest compounded annually. What will be the simple interest on the same sum at the same rate for double the earlier period ?

Question 8:

Find the interest on Rs 500 for a period of 4 years at the rate of $8 \%$ per annum. Also, find the amount to be paid at the end of the period.

Question 9:

At what rate of simple interest will a sum of ₹ 4,500 amount to ₹ 5,310 after 4 years?

Question 10:

Anil took some loan on simple interest at a certain rate and paid ₹ 12800 as interest after 2 years. His friend Sumit also borrowed the same sum on compound interest for the same period and same rate of interest compounded annually and paid ₹ 704 more interest than that paid by Anil. What is the rate of interest per annum?

Question 11:

The difference between the compound interest and the simple interest on a certain sum at 10 % per annum for 2 years is ₹ 1,200. Find the sum.

Question 12:

What sum of money at compound interest will amount to ₹30,051 in 3 years if the rate of interest is 5% for the 1st year, 6% for the 2nd year and 8% for the 3rd year?

Question 13:

A sum of ₹8,400 is divided between A and B such that A's share at the end of 2 years is equal to B 's share at the end of $2 \frac{2}{3} $ years at 15% p.a., interest compounded 8-monthly. What is A's share (in ₹) in the given sum?

Question 14:

Find the compound interest on ₹ 20,000 at 9% per annum for one year and 4 months, compound annually.

Question 15:

What will be the difference between the simple interest and compound interest compounded annually on a sum of 6,000 in 2 years at the interest rate of 5% per annum?

Question 16:

The compound interest on a sum of ₹ 10,000 for 3 years at the rate of 8% for the 1 st year, 10% for the 2 nd year, and 12% for the 3rd year will be:

Question 17:

A man lent out ₹ 14,000 at 5 % and ₹ 19,000 at 6 % simple interest per annum. His total income (in ₹ ) from the interest in 3 years is:

Question 18:

A certain sum of money doubles itself in 6 years. How much time (in years) will it take to become five times of itself at the same rate?

Question 19:

"The number of years taken for a sum of ₹ 5,000 to become ₹ 5832 at a rate of 16 % per anmum compounded half yearly, will be:

Question 20:

The difference between the compound interest and the simple interest on a certain sum at 5 % per annum for 2 years is ₹ 152. What is the amount (in ₹)?