How to create a schedule that shows the interest expense and end-of-period bond liability for each semiannual compounding period.

Estimate the number of zero coupon bonds (each with a face value of $1,000) that will have to be offered to provide the $1 million Laurinburg Precision Engineering needs for expansion, if investors seeks a yield of 10%.

Assume interest will compound on a semiannual basis over the life of the five-year-bond issue.