How do i enter the pv and fv

Were you also clearing the financial memory with 2nd [CLR TVM], or just the storage memory? If you don't, it's going to keep using whatever value you last used for PMT.

The 107,186.37 is what the future value would be if the interest per month is 0.58%, which is 6.96% per year. Try the following:
2nd [CLR TVM] 1 2 N 7 I/YR 1 0 0 0 0 0 PV CPT FV
As for rounding, you can change the calculator display to any number of digits (up to a limit, of course) by pressing 2nd [FORMAT] and then a number specifying the number of desired digits after the decimal point or 9 for floating decimal.

If necessary, press f [FIN] to clear the financial registers.
4 0 0 0 0 PV ( enter present value )
3 . 3 i ( enter interest rate )
4 0 N ( enter number of periods)
FV ( compute future value )

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--> APPS
--> TVM

Viola. The initials TVM stand for Time-Value-Money; it's a widely used tool throughout financial mathematics. If you are looking to deal with annuities, bonds, present value equations, future value equations, or even certain stocks then you will want to use the TVM app within your TI-84.

When you go into that menu screen you will see about 10 input lines; and despite how you're being taught you'd be best off using only five (from a mathematical & conceptual standpoint). The backbone of the TVM is the time-zero equation of value. So, all you want to be touching is the N, I/Y, PV, PMT, and FV keys.

Background on TVM:
N = Number of intervals
I/Y = Effective Interest Rate Per Interval (5% is .05 but the computer wants it entered as 5.0)
PV = The Present Value
PMT = Recurring Payment (either deposit or withdrawal)
FV = Future Value

There are like 3 other inputs that I encourage you to ignore (in exchange for learning exactly what's going on within this application).

NOTE: You MUST make your effective interest term match your number of intervals. For example, an annuity with monthly payments for 5 years with a monthly effective interest rate of 2% would need an N value of 60 (which is 12 months per year times 5 years for a total of 60 months).

There's more that could be said, but I think this should help you find the PV of an annuity.

Go Bulls,



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2nd [CLR TVM] (clear TVM registers)

2 4 0 0 +/- PV ($2400 initial investment, negative because you're paying it out)

6 I/Y (6% annual interest)

1 N (one year)

CPT FV (compute future value, see 2544.00, the value after one year)

5 N (five years)

CPT FV (see 3211.74, the value after five years)

1 0 N (ten years)

CPT FV (see 4298.03, the value after ten years)

If the interest is compounded monthly:

2nd [CLR TVM] (clear any existing results)
1 5 0 0 0 _/- PV (present value, negative because you're paying it out)
6 I/Y (annual interest rate)
25 2nd [*P/Y] N (25 years)
CPT FV (compute future value, see 66,974.55)

If the interest is compounded annually:

2nd [CLR TVM] (clear any existing results)
1 5 0 0 0 _/- PV (present value, negative because you're paying it out)
6 I/Y (annual interest rate)
2nd [P/Y] 1 ENTER 2nd [QUIT] (one compounding period per year)
25 N (25 years)
CPT FV (compute future value, see 64,378.96)

2nd [CLR TVM] (clear old data)
6 2 5 PV (present value)
8 I/Y (annual interest)
1 2 8 4 +/- FV (future value)
CPT N / 1 2 = (compute number of months, divide by 12 to get number of years)

Click APPS and then ENTER for Finance and then ENTER again for the TVM Solver. There you can input the PV, PMT, i, etc.

Hey,
Just found out the answer!
Apparently you can't have both FV and PV positive. Try the calculation with one of them being negative.

You need to have your PV and your PMT be a different sign. Try making your payments negative.