48 Section 3: Basic Financial FunctionsCalculating the Future Value

1.Press fCLEARGto clear the financial registers.

2.Enter the number of payments or periods, using nor A.

3.Enter the periodic interest rate, using ¼or C.

4.Enter either or both of the following: z Present value, using $.

z Payment amount, using P.

Note: Remember to observe the cash flow sign convention.

5.If a PMT was entered, press or to set the payment mode.

6.Press Mto calculate the future value.

Example 1: In Example 1 on page 46, we calculated that the payment amount on a 29-year, $43,400 mortgage at 141/4% annual interest is $523.99. If the seller requests a balloon payment at the end of 5 years, what would be the amount of the balloon?

Keystrokes

Display

 

fCLEARG

60.00

Calculates and stores n.

5gA

14.25gC

1.19

Calculates and stores i.

43400$

43,400.00

Stores PV.

523.99ÞP

–523.99

Stores PMT (with minus sign for cash

 

 

paid out).

–523.99

Sets payment mode to End.

M

–42,652.37

Amount of balloon payment.

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