This document provides an overview of simple and compound interest, including:
- Definitions of key terms like principal, interest, and amount
- The simple interest formula of Principal x Rate x Time / 100
- An example calculation of simple interest
- The concept of compound interest being interest calculated on prior interest amounts
- A step-by-step example of calculating compound interest without using the formula
- Introducing the compound interest formula as Amount = Principal x (1 + Rate/100)^Time
- Example calculations of compound interest using the formula
The document compares simple versus compound interest and provides practice questions for readers to calculate compound interest themselves.