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Loans and Mortgages
 


Activity Overview

In this activity, students perform financial computations, involving loans, their repayment and mortgages used as security for the repayment of a loan.

Before the Activity

  • Select TVM Solver from the calculator menu
  • See the attached activity PDF file for detailed instructions for this activity
  • Print page 22-23 from the attached PDF file for your class


  • During the Activity

    Distribute the pages to the class.

    Follow the Activity procedures:
  • Calculate the monthly payments to be made as repayment of a loan, using N, I%, P/Y, and C/Y values
  • Calculate the maximum loan amount for a given monthly repayment amount using N, I%, PMT, P/Y, and C/Y values


    After the Activity

    Review student results:
  • As a class, discuss questions that appeared to be more challenging
  • Re-teach concepts as necessary


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    Subject Area:
    Math : Math General : General

    Author:
    Texas Instruments

    Level:
    9-12

    Activity Time:
    60 Minutes

    Device:
    TI-83 Plus Family, TI-84 Plus Family

    Apps:
    Finance

    Software:
     

    Accessories:
     

    Other:
    This is Activity 9 from the EXPLORATIONS Book:
    Time, Value, Money: Applications on the TI-83.



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