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Date	May 2022	Marks available	1	Reference code	22M.2.SL.TZ1.1
Level	Standard Level	Paper	Paper 2	Time zone	Time zone 1
Command term	Find	Question number	1	Adapted from	N/A

Question

In this question, give all answers correct to two decimal places.

Sam invests $$ 1700$ in a savings account that pays a nominal annual rate of interest of $2.74 %$ , compounded half-yearly. Sam makes no further payments to, or withdrawals from, this account.

David also invests $$ 1700$ in a savings account that pays an annual rate of interest of $r %$ , compounded yearly. David makes no further payments or withdrawals from this account.

Find the amount that Sam will have in his account after $10$ years.

[3]

Find the value of $r$ required so that the amount in David’s account after $10$ years will be equal to the amount in Sam’s account.

[2]

Find the interest David will earn over the $10$ years.

[1]

Markscheme

Note: The first time an answer is not given to two decimal places, the final A1 in that part is not awarded.

EITHER

$N = 10$ OR $N = 20$

$I % = 2.74$ $I % = 2.74$

$P V = (\mp) 1700$ $P V = (\mp) 1700$

$P / Y = 1$ $P / Y = 2$

$C / Y = 2$ $C / Y = 2$ (M1)(A1)

Note: Award (M1) for an attempt to use a financial app in their technology with at least two entries seen, and award (A1) for all entries correct. Accept a positive or negative value for $P V$ .

$1700 {(1 + \frac{0.0274}{2})}^{2 \times 10}$ (M1)(A1)

Note: Award (M1) for substitution into compound interest formula.
Award (A1) for correct substitution.

THEN

$$ 2231.71$ A1

[3 marks]

Note: The first time an answer is not given to two decimal places, the final A1 in that part is not awarded.

EITHER

$N = 10$

$P V = \mp 1700$

$F V = \pm 2231.71 \dots$

$P / Y = 1$

$C / Y = 1$ (M1)

Note: Award (M1) for an attempt to use a financial app in their technology with at least two entries seen.

$1700 {(1 + \frac{r}{100})}^{10} = 2231.71 \dots$ (M1)

THEN

$r = 2.75876 \dots$

$r = 2.76$ A1

Note: Ignore omission of opposite signs for $P V$ and $F V$ if $r = 2.76$ is obtained.

[2 marks]

Note: The first time an answer is not given to two decimal places, the final A1 in that part is not awarded.

$$ 531.71$ A1

[1 mark]

Examiners report

This was the only short question which was not common to both HL and SL papers.

Candidates found this question a straightforward start, with the majority being able to attempt all three parts. While most candidates initially gave answers to two decimal places as required, many subsequently rounded their answers to three significant figures. In parts (a) and (b), most used the compound interest formula rather than the finance app on their GDC. Difficulty using the formula arose in determining the value of r (0.0274 was often seen, rather than 2.74) and the value of k. Many candidates struggled to correctly interpret 'half-yearly', and attempted to use either $k = 6$ or $k = \frac{1}{2}$ in the formula.

In part (b), a correct equation was usually seen, but lengthy analytical methods to solving it were favoured, with varying degrees of success, over an approach using the GDC. A common error was an attempt to use logarithms rather than the tenth root. It was not uncommon to see a final answer of either 2.76% or 0.0276, rather than 2.76. Many did not know what was meant by 'interest' in part (c). Those that did often recalculated David's amount using their value of r, rather than subtract $1700 from Sam's amount.

The candidates who attempted to use a finance app on their GDC in this question were generally able to give accurate and concise answers. In the case where they obtained an incorrect answer, most gave sufficient detail of the values they were using in the app, to be awarded the method mark. The most common error seen was the use of an incorrect value for the number of payments per year or the number of compounding periods per year.

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Topic 1—Number and algebra » SL 1.4—Financial apps – compound int, annual depreciation

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