MA.912.FL.3.2 · Non-linear Relationships

Simple and Compound Interest: Sample Algebra 1 EOC Questions

Interest is the exponential model students are most likely to meet outside a classroom. Given a principal, a rate, and a time, they compute a balance with simple interest and with interest compounded a set number of times per year, and compare the two.

How the Algebra 1 EOC tests this benchmark

Both interest formulas are on the Algebra 1 reference sheet, so the item is about setting them up rather than recalling them. Compound interest items always give the rate, the time, and the number of compoundings per year, and never ask students to solve for time or for the number of compoundings. Continuous compounding with base e is out of scope for Algebra 1.

Skills students need

Apply the simple interest formula
Apply the compound interest formula
Convert a percent rate to a decimal correctly
Compare simple and compound growth over the same term

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Question 1EasyMultiple Choice

Malik deposits $3,000 into a money market account that earns

2\%

simple interest per year. How much interest does the account earn after

3

years?

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Question 2EasyMatching

Each account listed is compounded annually with no other deposits or withdrawals. Match each account with its balance at the end of the stated time.

Pick one match in each row, then check.

	A.$1,050.00	B.$1,100.00	C.$583.20
$1,000 at $10\%$ for $1$ year
$500 at $8\%$ for $2$ years
$1,000 at $5\%$ for $1$ year

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