(Latest Revision: Fri Nov 5 21:08:31 PST 2004 )
PAYING OFF A $1000 LOAN IN MONTHLY INSTALLMENTS Approximate Total Interest Paid And Years To Pay Off For Given Yearly Interest Rate And Size Of Monthly Payment ("Infinity" means the monthly payment is too low. In these cases the loan will never be repaid. Warning: the first entry under the last "infinity" in a column can be very inaccurate.) rates ----> payment 9.0% 10.0% 11.0% 12.0% 7.50 Inf| ! NaN| ! NaN| ! NaN| ! 7.75 2561.74|38 NaN| ! NaN| ! NaN| ! 8.00 1968.50|31 NaN| ! NaN| ! NaN| ! 8.25 1647.56|27 NaN| ! NaN| ! NaN| ! 8.50 1434.49|24 3027.15|39 NaN| ! NaN| ! 8.75 1278.73|22 2210.05|31 NaN| ! NaN| ! 9.00 1158.16|20 1822.60|26 NaN| ! NaN| ! 9.25 1061.20|19 1576.59|23 3774.09|43 NaN| ! 9.50 981.04|17 1400.69|21 2487.61|31 NaN| ! 9.75 913.38|16 1266.27|19 2009.19|26 NaN| ! 10.00 855.32|15 1159.06|18 1723.21|23 35223.57|302 10.25 804.83|15 1070.91|17 1524.32|21 2825.41|31 10.50 760.44|14 996.79|16 1374.68|19 2212.71|25 10.75 721.05|13 933.36|15 1256.49|17 1876.57|22 11.00 685.82|13 878.31|14 1159.95|16 1650.85|20 11.25 654.09|12 829.98|14 1079.14|15 1484.22|18 11.50 625.35|12 787.15|13 1010.22|15 1354.11|17 11.75 599.16|11 748.86|12 950.55|14 1248.65|16 12.00 575.20|11 714.40|12 898.26|13 1160.84|15 12.25 553.18|11 683.19|11 851.97|13 1086.24|14 12.50 532.87|10 654.78|11 810.64|12 1021.84|13 12.75 514.06|10 628.77|11 773.47|12 965.52|13 13.00 496.60|10 604.88|10 739.83|11 915.75|12 13.25 480.33| 9 582.83|10 709.21|11 871.37|12 13.50 465.14| 9 562.42|10 681.20|10 831.50|11 13.75 450.92| 9 543.47| 9 655.46|10 795.43|11 14.00 437.57| 9 525.81| 9 631.72|10 762.62|10 14.25 425.02| 8 509.32| 9 609.74| 9 732.62|10 14.50 413.20| 8 493.87| 9 589.33| 9 705.07|10 14.75 402.04| 8 479.38| 8 570.32| 9 679.66| 9 15.00 391.49| 8 465.75| 8 552.56| 9 656.14| 9 15.25 381.49| 8 452.90| 8 535.92| 8 634.30| 9 15.50 372.01| 7 440.77| 8 520.31| 8 613.96| 9 15.75 363.00| 7 429.30| 8 505.63| 8 594.96| 8 16.00 354.44| 7 418.43| 7 491.79| 8 577.16| 8 16.25 346.28| 7 408.12| 7 478.72| 8 560.46| 8 16.50 338.49| 7 398.33| 7 466.35| 7 544.74| 8 16.75 331.06| 7 389.01| 7 454.64| 7 529.93| 8 17.00 323.96| 6 380.13| 7 443.52| 7 515.95| 7 17.25 317.17| 6 371.66| 7 432.96| 7 502.71| 7 17.50 310.66| 6 363.57| 6 422.91| 7 490.17| 7 17.75 304.42| 6 355.83| 6 413.33| 7 478.27| 7 18.00 298.44| 6 348.43| 6 404.19| 7 466.96| 7 18.25 292.69| 6 341.34| 6 395.46| 6 456.19| 7 18.50 287.16| 6 334.55| 6 387.12| 6 445.94| 7 18.75 281.85| 6 328.02| 6 379.13| 6 436.15| 6 19.00 276.73| 6 321.76| 6 371.47| 6 426.79| 6 19.25 271.80| 6 315.73| 6 364.13| 6 417.85| 6 19.50 267.05| 5 309.93| 6 357.08| 6 409.29| 6 19.75 262.46| 5 304.35| 6 350.31| 6 401.08| 6 20.00 258.04| 5 298.97| 5 343.80| 6 393.21| 6 (Keep in mind that after the the loan is paid off, one can invest the amount of the payment instead each month. This can make the difference in wealth due to paying off the loan early much greater than what this chart shows.)