TRUECALC
Functions

NPER

Number of payment periods

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When to use it

When should I use NPER instead of RATE?

Use NPER to solve for the number of payment periods; use RATE to solve for the interest rate per period.

Use cases

Periods needed to reach a savings goal

Years to grow a lump sum to a target

Used in

finance · lending · personal-finance

Syntax

NPER(rate, pmt, pv)

Examples

=NPER(2,500,40000) // => -4.625293579361693
=NPER(0.12/12,-100,-1000,10000,1) // => 59.67386567429457

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