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Simple Interest WORKSHEET

Suitable for Grades: 7th Grade
CCSS: 7.RP.A.3
CCSS Description: Use proportional relationships to solve multistep ratio and percent problems, including simple interest, tax, markups and markdowns, gratuities and commissions, fees, percent increase and decrease, and percent error.

Simple Interest WORKSHEET DESCRIPTION

This worksheet introduces the concept of simple interest, a key financial maths topic. It is designed to help students practice calculating interest earned on investments and total amounts after a given period.

Section A presents a series of minimally different questions in a structured table format, where students must calculate interest and final amounts. Each problem gives a specific investment amount, interest rate, and time period.

Section B provides 4 worded questions where students will either calculate the interest earned of the total amount after the given time period.

Section C delves deeper into problem-solving, requiring students to manipulate the formula and solve more complex, real-world scenarios. For instance, students calculate interest with varying rates over different time periods, work out the total cost of financing a purchase, and compare different investment options.

This worksheet is ideal for reinforcing the principles of simple interest and developing financial literacy.