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Extra Payment worksheet
Grades 11–12 · CCSS HSA.SSE.B.4
Calcapedia Solve each problem and show your work. Round answers to 2 decimal places where needed.
- 1.
Problem 1. - Loan balance: $275,000
- Interest rate: 7.5%
- Time left on the loan: 34 years
- Extra payment each month: $155
- One-time extra payment: $0
Find: Interest saved
Answer
- 2.
Problem 2. - Loan balance: $250,000
- Interest rate: 4.4%
- Time left on the loan: 32 years
- Extra payment each month: $240
- One-time extra payment: $0
Find: Interest saved
Answer
- 3.
Problem 3. - Loan balance: $350,000
- Interest rate: 5.8%
- Time left on the loan: 24 years
- Extra payment each month: $165
- One-time extra payment: $0
Find: Interest saved
Answer
- 4.
Problem 4. - Loan balance: $325,000
- Interest rate: 6.5%
- Time left on the loan: 45 years
- Extra payment each month: $230
- One-time extra payment: $0
Find: Interest saved
Answer
- 5.
Problem 5. - Loan balance: $360,000
- Interest rate: 7.5%
- Time left on the loan: 37 years
- Extra payment each month: $160
- One-time extra payment: $0
Find: Interest saved
Answer
- 6.
Problem 6. - Loan balance: $320,000
- Interest rate: 7.6%
- Time left on the loan: 30 years
- Extra payment each month: $200
- One-time extra payment: $0
Find: Interest saved
Answer
- 7.
Problem 7. - Loan balance: $200,000
- Interest rate: 6%
- Time left on the loan: 28 years
- Extra payment each month: $230
- One-time extra payment: $0
Find: Interest saved
Answer
- 8.
Problem 8. - Loan balance: $275,000
- Interest rate: 6%
- Time left on the loan: 34 years
- Extra payment each month: $170
- One-time extra payment: $0
Find: Interest saved
Answer
- 9.
Problem 9. - Loan balance: $375,000
- Interest rate: 6.6%
- Time left on the loan: 22 years
- Extra payment each month: $195
- One-time extra payment: $0
Find: Interest saved
Answer
- 10.
Problem 10. - Loan balance: $270,000
- Interest rate: 6%
- Time left on the loan: 32 years
- Extra payment each month: $200
- One-time extra payment: $0
Find: Interest saved
Answer
Answer key: Extra Payment worksheet
Calcapedia 1. Interest saved: $144,566.13
Turn the yearly rate into a monthly rate. Divide by 12, since interest is charged each month
Find the regular payment. A standard formula gives the one monthly amount that pays off the loan on time
Find the interest with no extras: add up all the regular payments and subtract the balance
Go through the months again, putting the extra toward the balance each time
Find the interest saved: the original interest minus the interest with extra payments
2. Interest saved: $71,027.52
Turn the yearly rate into a monthly rate. Divide by 12, since interest is charged each month
Find the regular payment. A standard formula gives the one monthly amount that pays off the loan on time
Find the interest with no extras: add up all the regular payments and subtract the balance
Go through the months again, putting the extra toward the balance each time
Find the interest saved: the original interest minus the interest with extra payments
3. Interest saved: $46,146.78
Turn the yearly rate into a monthly rate. Divide by 12, since interest is charged each month
Find the regular payment. A standard formula gives the one monthly amount that pays off the loan on time
Find the interest with no extras: add up all the regular payments and subtract the balance
Go through the months again, putting the extra toward the balance each time
Find the interest saved: the original interest minus the interest with extra payments
4. Interest saved: $291,060.88
Turn the yearly rate into a monthly rate. Divide by 12, since interest is charged each month
Find the regular payment. A standard formula gives the one monthly amount that pays off the loan on time
Find the interest with no extras: add up all the regular payments and subtract the balance
Go through the months again, putting the extra toward the balance each time
Find the interest saved: the original interest minus the interest with extra payments
5. Interest saved: $199,422.80
Turn the yearly rate into a monthly rate. Divide by 12, since interest is charged each month
Find the regular payment. A standard formula gives the one monthly amount that pays off the loan on time
Find the interest with no extras: add up all the regular payments and subtract the balance
Go through the months again, putting the extra toward the balance each time
Find the interest saved: the original interest minus the interest with extra payments
6. Interest saved: $136,543.90
Turn the yearly rate into a monthly rate. Divide by 12, since interest is charged each month
Find the regular payment. A standard formula gives the one monthly amount that pays off the loan on time
Find the interest with no extras: add up all the regular payments and subtract the balance
Go through the months again, putting the extra toward the balance each time
Find the interest saved: the original interest minus the interest with extra payments
7. Interest saved: $75,320.81
Turn the yearly rate into a monthly rate. Divide by 12, since interest is charged each month
Find the regular payment. A standard formula gives the one monthly amount that pays off the loan on time
Find the interest with no extras: add up all the regular payments and subtract the balance
Go through the months again, putting the extra toward the balance each time
Find the interest saved: the original interest minus the interest with extra payments
8. Interest saved: $105,566.91
Turn the yearly rate into a monthly rate. Divide by 12, since interest is charged each month
Find the regular payment. A standard formula gives the one monthly amount that pays off the loan on time
Find the interest with no extras: add up all the regular payments and subtract the balance
Go through the months again, putting the extra toward the balance each time
Find the interest saved: the original interest minus the interest with extra payments
9. Interest saved: $53,127.28
Turn the yearly rate into a monthly rate. Divide by 12, since interest is charged each month
Find the regular payment. A standard formula gives the one monthly amount that pays off the loan on time
Find the interest with no extras: add up all the regular payments and subtract the balance
Go through the months again, putting the extra toward the balance each time
Find the interest saved: the original interest minus the interest with extra payments
10. Interest saved: $102,072.15
Turn the yearly rate into a monthly rate. Divide by 12, since interest is charged each month
Find the regular payment. A standard formula gives the one monthly amount that pays off the loan on time
Find the interest with no extras: add up all the regular payments and subtract the balance
Go through the months again, putting the extra toward the balance each time
Find the interest saved: the original interest minus the interest with extra payments