Loan repayment calculator

Build a loan calculator with an amortization table that splits every payment into interest and principal, tracks the balance and totals the interest by year.

Advanced · 15 min · 13 steps

In this lesson

  • Interest + principal = the payment, every month.
  • Lock the inputs with $ and leave the month number relative, then copy one row down the whole table.
  • Interest over a span of payments: =-CUMIPMT(rate/12, years*12, amount, first, last, 0).

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Why your formula broke when you copied it

Lock a cell with $ so a formula keeps working when you copy it down.

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Skill
Real-world projects
Stage
Advanced

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The steps

13 steps: 5 explanations, 6 Do this, 2 questions, then Your turn.

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Why your formula broke when you copied it

Lock a cell with $ so a formula keeps working when you copy it down.

Beginner · 7 min · Free, with no sign-up

Do the free lesson on your computer.

Send yourself the link and open it on a laptop or desktop.

On your computer, go tolearnford.com/go/GX5R