Nathan borrows $470 to start a small business selling ice cream cones at a rate of 12% per year. It takes him four years to pay the loan back. How much did
Nathan have to pay back in total?

1. 0.3 •4 is the same as 4 groups of 0.32. 7•0.8 is the same as 7 groups of 0.83. it increases by 0.5 every time, so 0.5x4 it increases by 0.9 every time, so 0.9x5. 0.9•12=10.86. 0.47•5=2.35i can finish the next ones in a separate post