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Visual 4

Watching Money Grow with Interest

Three factors affect how money grows
in a savings account.

          1. the amount you save
          2. the interest rate
          3. the length of time you save

Let's see what happens with HIGHER INTEREST RATES and the SAME deposit amount and the SAME time period.

A

B

C

D


Amount of
Deposit

Annual
Interest
Rate


Number
of Years


Total at the end of the time period

$10,000

  4%

10

14,802.44

$10,000

  6%

10

17,908.48

$10,000

  8%

10

21,589.25

$10,000

10%

10

25,937.43

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