1) You just won $25,000 in the lottery. You decide you want to buy a sportscar. You don't want to buy the car now but want to wait for 5 years when you will be 25 and your insurance premiums will be affordable. You think you can earn 8% on the money. How much will you be able to spend on the sportscar in five years?
2) You have a student loan of $75,000. The interest rate is 8.6% per year. You have been out of school for 6 months and are ready to start making payments. You want to use the maximum allowed of 10 years to pay off the loan by making equal monthly payments. How much are the monthly payments?
3) You have been diligently saving to buy a boat. For the last 10 years, you have been putting $50 per month into a secret savings account paying .5% interest per year. You started with $0. You just discovered that your spouse knew about the account the whole time and has been withdrawing $45 each month for the last 10 years. How much money do you have in the account?
4) You want to have $1,000,000 in 30 years. You already have $50,000. You think you can get a 7% annual return on your money. How much per year will you have to save to get to $1,000,000? Ignore taxes. Show your work. If you use Excel, show the formula with the parameters, and the answer. If you use a formula, provide the standard formula, the formula with terms substituted, and the answer. If you use a calculator, show the inputs and the answer.
5) You are a trust fund baby. Your trust fund is currently worth $1,234,000. The problem is the terms of the trust don't allow you to receive any of the money until you are 27. You are now 21. The fund is earning 7.7% per year. How much will the fund be worth when you are 27 and too old to enjoy it?
6) You want to buy a car. To do so, you will need to take out a loan in the amount of $19,000. The longest you are willing to pay on the loan is five years. The interest rate on this type of loan is 5.0% per year. How much will the equal monthly payments be?
7) You want to have $1,000,000 in 30 years. You already have $50,000. You think you can get a 7% annual return on your money. How much per year will you have to save to get to $1,000,000?