User Manual

2. Press CLEAR .
3. Key in the term of the loan and press
.
4. Key in the annual interest rate and press
.
5. Key in the total loan amount and press
.
6. Key in the rate of graduation (as a percent) and press
.
7. Key in the number of years for which the loan graduates and press
. The following
information will be displayed for each year until a level payment is reached.
a. The current year.
Then press
to continue.
b. The monthly payment for the current year.
Then press
to continue.
c. The remaining balance to be paid on the loan at the end of the current year.
Then press
to return to step a. unless the level payment is reached. If the
level payment has been reached, the program will stop, displaying the monthly
payment over the remaining term of the loan.
8. For a new case press
00 and return to step 2.
Example: A young couple recently purchased a new house with a Graduated
Payment Mortgage. The loan is for $50,000 over a period of 30 years at an
annual interest rate of 12.5%. The monthly payments will be graduating at an
annual rate of 5% for the first 5 years and then will be level for the remaining 25
years. What are the monthly payment amount for the first 6 years?
Keystrokes Display
CLEAR
0.00
30
30.00 Term
12.5
12.50 Annual interest rate
50000
50,000.00 Loan amount
5
5.00 Rate of graduation
5
1.00 Year 1
-448.88 1st year monthly payment.
-50,914.67 Remaining balance after 1st year.
2.00 Year 2