Interest Rate on $1 Table Creator

Create a printable interest rate table to lookup the interest rate required to grow $1 to a future value amount.

Interest Rate Table (Percentage)

How to Use This Table

This table shows the interest rate (in percentage) required to grow $1 to various future values over different time periods.

Example: You want to invest $10,000 and triple your investment over time. How many years will it take for you to triple your investment and at what interest rate?

1. Look for FV = $3.00 in the table columns.

2. In the $3.00 column, you can lookup interest rates and the corresponding number of periods (n) it will take to triple your investment.

3. For example, if you find that at n=10 periods, the interest rate is 11.61%, this means that at an 11.61% annual interest rate, your $10,000 investment will grow to $30,000 in 10 years.

Formula used: I = (FV^(1/n) – 1) * 100, where FV is the future value and n is the number of periods.

Interest Rate on $1 Table Creator

An Interest Rate on $1 Table lets you quickly find the rate of return required for $1 to grow to a chosen future value (FV) over a set number of time periods. This is a practical tool for investment planning and understanding compound growth.

Formula for Future Value

The basic future value formula is:

FV = PV (1 + i)^n

Where:

  • FV = future value
  • PV = present value (starting amount)
  • i = interest rate per period (in decimal form)
  • n = number of periods

To calculate the interest rate (i), solve for i:

i = (FV / PV)^(1/n) - 1

Applying to a $1 Investment

If the present value (PV) is $1, the formula becomes:

i = (FV / 1)^(1/n) - 1

To express this as a percentage rate (I):

I = (FV^(1/n) - 1) * 100

Where:

  • I = interest rate in percentage form
  • FV = chosen future value
  • n = number of periods

Example: Tripling an Investment

Say you want to invest $10,000 and triple it. Since the table is based on $1, you set FV = 3.

  • Go to the FV = 3 column in the table.
  • Look down the rows for different n values (number of periods).
  • The table gives the corresponding interest rates needed.

This shows how many years and what rate of return are required to triple your money.

This table helps you quickly reference rates across compounding intervals — explore more tools to calculate them precisely:

Building the Interest Rate on $1 Table

To make the table:

  1. Future Values (columns): Start at FV = 2.0 and increase by 0.5 (2.0, 2.5, 3.0, 3.5, etc.).
  2. Periods (rows): Start with n = 10 and increase by 1 for at least 20 rows.
  3. Fill in Interest Rates: Use the formula:
I = (FV^(1/n) - 1) * 100

This creates a simple lookup table that shows the interest rate required for $1 to grow to any chosen FV over n periods.

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