WGU Comprehensive Math
Pre-Assessment Practice
Questions 2026
Simple Interest - ANSWER ✔✨---Also known as flat interest. Interest is always calculated on the
amount borrowed. Interest is in the same time period.
Principal - ANSWER ✔✨---The original amount borrowed or the amount invested.
Compound Interest - ANSWER ✔✨---Also known as appreciation. At the end of each year any
interest earned from an investment is added to the principal. You earn interest on your interest.
Appreciation - ANSWER ✔✨---It's price increases.
Depriciation - ANSWER ✔✨---When an item loses value over time.
Interest - ANSWER ✔✨---The payment made for the use of money invested in a bank or the charge
incurred on a loan when money is borrowed from a bank.
Pre-Assessment Practice
Questions 2026
Simple Interest - ANSWER ✔✨---Also known as flat interest. Interest is always calculated on the
amount borrowed. Interest is in the same time period.
Principal - ANSWER ✔✨---The original amount borrowed or the amount invested.
Compound Interest - ANSWER ✔✨---Also known as appreciation. At the end of each year any
interest earned from an investment is added to the principal. You earn interest on your interest.
Appreciation - ANSWER ✔✨---It's price increases.
Depriciation - ANSWER ✔✨---When an item loses value over time.
Interest - ANSWER ✔✨---The payment made for the use of money invested in a bank or the charge
incurred on a loan when money is borrowed from a bank.
