Questions from Business Mathematics


Q: A scheduled payment stream consisted of three payments: $2100 due

A scheduled payment stream consisted of three payments: $2100 due (but not paid) 1 1 2 years ago, $1300 due today, and $800 due in two years. What single payment six months from now would be economica...

See Answer

Q: A debtor owing payments of $750 due today, $1000

A debtor owing payments of $750 due today, $1000 due in 2 years, and $1250 due in 4 years requests a payout figure to settle all three obligations by means of a single economically equivalent payment...

See Answer

Q: Alicia is considering two offers-to-purchase that she has

Alicia is considering two offers-to-purchase that she has received on a residential building lot she wishes to sell. One is a cash offer of $145,000. The other offer consists of three payments of $49,...

See Answer

Q: A bond pays $1000 interest at the end of every year

A bond pays $1000 interest at the end of every year for the next 30 years. What is the current economic value of each of the 15th and 30th payments if we discount the payments at: 1. 5% compounded sem...

See Answer

Q: Trevor earns a base monthly salary of $2000 plus a commission

Trevor earns a base monthly salary of $2000 plus a commission of 3% on sales exceeding his monthly quota of $25,000. He receives a further 3% bonus on sales in excess of $50,000. What must his sales b...

See Answer

Q: Pete Pylon has just signed a “four-year, $

Pete Pylon has just signed a “four-year, $68-million deal” with the Ottawa Senators. The terms of the contract include a signing bonus of $4.8 million and salaries of $10 million, $17.2 million, $17.5...

See Answer

Q: To motivate individuals to start saving at an early age, financial

To motivate individuals to start saving at an early age, financial planners will sometimes present the results of the following type of calculation. How much must a 25-year-old individual invest five...

See Answer

Q: Michelle has just received an inheritance from her grandfather’s estate. She

Michelle has just received an inheritance from her grandfather’s estate. She will be entering college in 3 1 2 years, and wants to immediately purchase three compound interest investment certificates...

See Answer

Q: What amount invested today would grow to $10,000 after

What amount invested today would grow to $10,000 after 25 years, if the investment earns: 1. 4% compounded annually? 2. 4% compounded semiannually? 3. 4% compounded quarterly? 4. 4% compounded monthly...

See Answer

Q: Daniel makes annual payments of $2000 to the former owner of

Daniel makes annual payments of $2000 to the former owner of a residential lot that he purchased a few years ago. At the time of the fourth-from-last payment, Daniel asks for a payout figure that woul...

See Answer