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Amount accrued= principal(1+ annual interest/4)^(4*years)

To put this into a calculator divide the annual interest by 4 then add 1.

Take this number to the power of 4 times the number of years.

Lastly multiply times how much money you started with.

An example:

$1000 at 4% compounded quarterly for 2 years.

.04 divided by 4 + 1 = 1.01

1.01 ^(4*2)=1.0828567056

$1000*1.082856=$1082.86

Because it was compounded quarterly you made

$2.86 more than simple interest.

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