• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
Free ACCA & CIMA online courses from OpenTuition

Free ACCA & CIMA online courses from OpenTuition

Free Notes, Lectures, Tests and Forums for ACCA and CIMA exams

  • ACCA
  • CIMA
  • FIA
  • OBU
  • Books
  • Forums
  • Ask AI
  • Search
  • Register
  • Login
  • ACCA Forums
  • Ask ACCA Tutor
  • FIA Forums
  • CIMA Forums
  • OBU Forums
  • Qualified Members forum
  • Buy/Sell Books
  • All Forums
  • Latest Topics

BPP Black Friday sale! (28 Nov-1 Dec)

40% discount on all BPP books specially for OpenTuition students!
Get it here >>

Effective Rate

Forums › Ask ACCA Tutor Forums › Ask the Tutor ACCA MA – FIA FMA › Effective Rate

  • This topic has 1 reply, 2 voices, and was last updated 10 years ago by John Moffat.
Viewing 2 posts - 1 through 2 (of 2 total)
  • Author
    Posts
  • August 17, 2015 at 1:49 pm #267511
    Farhaj
    Member
    • Topics: 9
    • Replies: 8
    • ☆

    Q:A building society adds interest to investors account even though interest rates are expressed in annual terms. The current rate of interest is 6% per annum.
    An investor deposits $1000 on 1st January. How much interest will have been earned by 30th June?
    A 30.00
    B 30.38
    C 60.00
    D 300

    I am applying this formula : [ (1+r) ^ n -1 ] x 100

    Please explain this answer to me in simple words…

    August 17, 2015 at 3:05 pm #267517
    John Moffat
    Keymaster
    • Topics: 57
    • Replies: 54795
    • ☆☆☆☆☆

    You have not typed the whole question – I assume that they add interest monthly.

    Assuming that to be the case, the monthly interest is 6%/12 = 0.5% (or 0.005)

    Adding interest for 6 periods at 0.5% per period comes to:

    1000 x (1.005)^6 = 1030.38

    So the interest added is 30.38

  • Author
    Posts
Viewing 2 posts - 1 through 2 (of 2 total)
  • You must be logged in to reply to this topic.
Log In

Primary Sidebar

Donate
If you have benefited from our materials, please donate

ACCA News:

ACCA My Exam Performance for non-variant

Applied Skills exams is available NOW

ACCA Options:  “Read the Mind of the Marker” articles

Subscribe to ACCA’s Student Accountant Direct

ACCA CBE 2025 Exams

How was your exam, and what was the exam result?

BT CBE exam was.. | MA CBE exam was..
FA CBE exam was.. | LW CBE exam was..

Donate

If you have benefited from OpenTuition please donate.

PQ Magazine

Latest Comments

  • NaveenMatt on FM Chapter 9 Questions – Discounted cash flow – further aspects
  • Kaminarika on Agency Law – ACCA LW Global
  • John Moffat on Short-term Decision making – Relevant Costing – ACCA Performance Management (PM)
  • EllaZ on Short-term Decision making – Relevant Costing – ACCA Performance Management (PM)
  • mrjonbain on Investment Appraisal – NPV, IRR – ACCA Management Accounting (MA)

Copyright © 2025 · Support · Contact · Advertising · OpenLicense · About · Sitemap · Comments · Log in