Intro to Credit Cards-1-Intro to Business

The least amount that must be paid on a credit card each month is

• Late Fee
• Credit Limit
• Payment amount
• Minimum Payment

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CCSS.7.RP.A.3

How can a cardholder avoid paying interest on a credit card?

• Do not pay anything
• Pay the minimum payment after its due date
• Pay the minimum balance every month
•  Pay the balance in full every month

The credit company can charge interest if the credit card bill is not paid in full by the due date

• True
• False

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CCSS.5.NF.B.5B

Only making the minimum payment on a credit card every month will:

• lower the amount total paid for the purchase
• make you independently wealthy
• take longer to pay off which will result in paying more interest, more money!
• pay off the credit card faster

What is credit?

• Money allocated to a specific account for future use by the consumer without borrowing
• Goods, services, or money received in exchange for a promise to pay a definite sum of money at a future date
• The ability and willingness of an individual to pay back a loan as perceived by the lender
• An individual’s character, capital, capacity, collateral and conditions

What is one characteristic of open-end credit?

• A down payment must be made before receiving the loan

• Individuals are allowed to borrow an unlimited amount of money as long as they pay it back

• Credit is extended in advance so the borrower does not have to apply for credit each time credit is desired

• Payments are equal and are required on a regular basis

Amount charged if your payment is received after the billing date

• late payment fee
• overdue fee
• withdrawal fee
• loser fee

Benefits of credit cards include:

• safe and convenient, bonuses are offered
• allows you to build a positive credit report
• needed for reservations and online shopping
• all of these

The rate at which interest is charged on a credit card acount is expressed in terms of its:

• Annual Percentile Reduction
• Animal Population Rescue
• Annual Popsicle Reduction
• Annual Percentage Rate

FICO Scores are calculated from a lot of different credit data in your credit report and are scored from _____ to _____.

• 100 to 1600
• 300 to 850
• 1 to 36
• 1 to 2400