The Legacy
You have been left one million pounds! How to spend or invest it over 50 years?
Verlag: Texas Instruments UK
Herausgeber: Barrie Galpin
Autor: Allan Duncan
Fach: Mathematik
Schlagwörter Zinsrechnung , Wertetabelle , Modellierung
This activity originates from a problem posed on the NRICH website. (http://nrich.maths.org)
Your school has been left £1,000,000 in the will of an ex-pupil but there are conditions:
- the school must benefit by spending part of the money every year,
- the investment should have a lifetime of at least 50 years.
There are various possible models of investment and expenditure based on any balance being invested at a fixed interest/inflation rate. What model would you choose to ensure the best return for the school over a period of 50 years?
This is an opportunity to investigate what happens when variables such as interest, inflation rates and how much is spent each year are changed. Investigating how a small change in interest rates can affect the total income over different time periods can be enlightening. Investigating the impact of spending large amounts of money up-front can also provide valuable insights.
Five different models are provided in a tns file and students can explore the effect for example of changing inflation rates, of spending large amounts of money early etc.
A 3-page student handout is provided, and there are teacher notes to accompany the TI-Nspire document.
