Loan Calculations

There are actually two sets of functions that can be used for loan calculation, the more general set will be discussed below. This set is for normal loan calculations where the term is in years, the interest rate is yearly, and the entire amount is to be paid off at the end of the loan period. For these calculations, all values are positive.

These calculate the amount of the loan, the monthly payments, the term in years, or the yearly percentage given the other 3., or the total interest or principle from the start to a given payment. Note that the interest rate calculation is done by trying values until one is found that matches the input values. There can be more than one answer possible. If it canít find an answer in a reasonable number of tries, it will return an error.

LAmt

 

 

LAmt(mpay, yi, yrs) = amt

 

mpay: mo pay, yi: yr rate, yrs: yrs

 

Loan amount for mpay monthly

 

payments for yrs years

 

Amounts are all + for normal loans

 

yi is per year. If 8.5%, use 8.5

LPay

 

 

LPay(amt, yi, yrs) = pay

 

amt: loan, yi: yr rate, yrs: yrs

 

Loan monthly payments for yrs years

 

Amounts are all + for normal loans

 

yi is per year. If 8.5%, use 8.5

LYrs

 

 

LYrs(amt, mpay, yi) = yrs

 

amt: loan, mpay: mo pay,

 

yi: yr rate

 

Years to pay a loan

 

of amt with mpay monthly payments

 

and yearly int rate of yi

 

Amounts are all + for normal loans

 

yi is per year. If 8.5%, use 8.5

LInt

 

 

LInt(amt, mpay, yrs) = yi

 

amt: loan, mpay: mo pay,

 

yrs: years

 

Yearly int rate

 

for loan of amt with mpay monthly

 

payments for yrs years

 

Amounts are all + for normal loans

 

This is yearly %, 8.5 = 8.5%

LTotI

 

 

LTotI(amt, yi, yrs, yr)

 

 = total int paid from start to yr

 

amt: loan, yi: yr rate, yrs: years,

 

yr: year

 

Int paid to end of year yr

 

for loan of amt with yi yearly

 

interest for yrs years. Accurate to

 

1 month (yr can be fractional)

 

Amounts are all + for normal loans

LTotP

 

 

LTotP(amt, yi, yrs, yr)

 

 = Total principle paid to yr

 

amt: loan, yi: yr rate, yrs: years,

 

yr: year

 

Princ paid to end of year yr

 

for loan of amt with yi yearly

 

interest for yrs years. Accurate to

 

1 month (yr can be fractional)

 

Amounts are all + for normal loans