Annuities Answers

You put $200 at the end of each month in an investment plan that pays an APR of 4.5%. How much will you have after 18 years? Compare this amount to the total deposits made over the time period.

At age 35 you start saving for retirement. If your investment plan pays an APR of 6% and you want to have $1.5 million when you retire in 30 years, how much should you deposit monthly? Assume an ordinary annuity.

Find the savings plan balance after 24 months with an APR of 2.5% and monthly payments of $400. Assume an ordinary annuity.

When you graduate college at the age of 20, you want to start saving up for retirement. If your investment pays a fixed APR of 8.5% and you want to have $500,000 when you retire in 45 years, how much would you need to deposit, at the beginning of each month, to reach this goal?

Sandra deposits $3,000 at the beginning of each semiannual period for 12 years at 10% interest compounded semiannually. Determine the amount she will have in the account after 12 years. Round to the nearest cent.

Suppose that a family wants to start a college fund for their child. If you invest in an account that pays 5.5% and want the fund to have a value of $53,000 after 18 years, how much should you deposit monthly? Assume an annuity due.

As part of your retirement plan, you want to set up an annuity in which a regular payment of $50,000 is made at the end of each year. You need to determine how much money must be deposited earning 4.5% compounded annually in order to make the annuity payment for 20 years.

When you graduate college at the age of 20, you want to start saving up for retirement. If your investment pays a fixed APR of 9% and you want to have $2.5 million when you retire in 45 years, how much would you need to deposit, on a monthly basis, to reach this goal? Assume an ordinary annuity.

A friend creates an IRA (Individual retirement account) with an APR of 6.25%. She starts the IRA at the age of 25 and deposits $50 at the end of each month. How much will her IRA contain when she retires at the age of 65?

Find the savings plan balance after 1 year with an APR of 13% and monthly payments of $100. Assume an ordinary annuity.