How can someone ‘get ahead’ when paying off a loan with high interest rate?

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Say there’s a loan for $10,000. The interest rate is 11%. Monthly payment is $300.
How can you keep interest at bay, and not pay thousands in interest by the end of it all?

Is there a formula to figure out how much *extra* to pay per month, in order to… cancel out? the interest?

Is this even possible? Is this even how interest works?

Honestly, I don’t get the concept at all. Explain it to me like I’m five.

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Just pay the loan faster than the term is for. That’s how you save on interest. The faster you pay it, the less interest the borrower pays.

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