Calculated Industries 3126 User Manual

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Using Month Offset to Calculate Total
Principal & Interest for One Year

Your first loan payment begins in May.
How much total interest and total princi-
pal will you pay on a 25 year, $90,000
loan at 8% interest during the first year?
(First find the monthly payment to “set
up” this loan.)

Steps/Keystrokes

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1. Clear calculator:

[On/C] [On/C]

0.00

2. Set Month Offset to May:

5 [Set] [:]

5.00

3. Enter loan amount, interest and term,

then find the monthly payment:
90,000 [L/A]

90,000.00

8 [Int]

CdA 8.00

25 [Term]

25.00

[Pmt] “run”

686.89

4. Enter Year 1 and find the total interest

and total principal in Year 1:
1 [Amort] “run”

1-8

[Amort]

4,703.92

[Amort]

791.22

Note:

Return your Month Offset to 1 by

turning your calculator off then on, or by
pressing 1 [Set] [:]. Display the Month
Offset by pressing [Rcl] [:].

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