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Section 6.1 Notes
Objectives describe how credit cards are used
identify three categories of credit cards and give examples
find new balance on statement after purchase is made
calculate effective interest rate
Credit Limitmaximum amount the lender will lend
to the card holder
Truth in Lending Actrequires credit card companies to disclose all terms and conditions of
the credit card
Examples include: APR, finance charges, late payment penalties, grace period, and membership fees
You can see this everywhere you see a credit card advertised. Late Payment Penalties
extra charges for payments that are late
Section 6.1 Notes
Types of Credit Cardstake your highlighter or red pen and
group together:
single purpose credit cards
multipurpose credit cards
all purpose bank cards
debit cards
Section 6.1 Notes
Section 6.1 Notes
Month Previous Balance New Charges Finance ChargesPayment Received
New Balance
1$0.00
$200.00 $0.00 $0.00 $200.00
2$200.00
$0.00 $2.60 $25.00 $177.60
3$0.00
Wilma want to buy a new dress for Snowcoming that costs $200. Fred chargers the purchase on his VISA. He makes monthly payments of $25. Finish the table below to see what the new balance will be on his first 3 monthly statements if
his bank applies a 1.3% monthly finance charge.
Month Previous Balance New Charges Finance ChargesPayment Received
New Balance
1$0.00
$200.00 $0.00 $0.00 $200.00
2$200.00
$0.00 $2.60 $25.00 $177.60
3 $177.60 $0.00 $2.31 $25 $154.91
Wilma want to buy a new dress for Snowcoming that costs $200. Fred chargers the purchase on his VISA. He makes monthly payments of $25. Finish the table below to see what the new balance will be on his first 3 monthly statements if
his bank applies a 1.3% monthly finance charge.
As interest rates fluctuate banks may change the interest rate they charge their customers.
APR is given as simple interest
Credit cards charge interest on a monthly basis and interest is compounded.
Jimmy Neutron has a credit card with an APR of 12%. He wonders if the effective interest rate is more or less than 12%.
a) What is the effective interest rate (to the nearest hundreth)?
Jimmy Neutron has a credit card with an APR of 12%. He wonders if the effective interest rate is more or less than 12%.
b) What is the effective interest rate, to the nearest hundreth, for the first year of the loan if there is a one month grace period?