Financial Algebra Course

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DESCRIPTION

This free math curriculum is helping thousands of math teachers answer the age-old question, “When am I going to use math in real life?” with confidence.

The NGPF Financial Algebra Course engages students with real-world financial applications while maintaining deep mathematical rigor. Each of the course’s 10 units blends one core personal finance topic with one relevant math concept (e.g. Investing and Exponential Functions).

Grade Level(s):
9-12
Standards Alignment:
National Standards for Personal Financial Literacy, Common Core Mathematics
Format(s):
Google Drive, Amplify Classroom Activities
Assessments:
1 exam per unit, course diagnostic, and course final exam
Cost:
FREE, and always will be

Course Materials

Syllabus, Assessments, and more

Unit 2

Checking & Linear Equations

Unit 3

Saving & Systems of Equations

Unit 4

Budgeting & Systems of Inequalities

Unit 5

Intro to Investing & Exponential Functions

Unit 6

Investing Strategies & Exponential Functions

Unit 7

Types of Credit & Modeling Functions

Unit 8

Managing Credit & Fundamentals of Statistics

Unit 9

Paying For College & Statistical Analysis

Unit 10

Insurance & Probability

Resources

PERSONAL FINANCE RESOURCES

INTERACTIVE: Bummer! Do consumers send more money on Venmo or spend more money on Amazon? CREATE: Personalized Productive Gap Year Plan PROJECT: Credit Protections - You Be the Teacher What percent of Americans with credit card debt have carried a balance for over 1 year? What is the average credit card debt held by Gen Z? How much more likely is a business to launch if the founder creates a business plan? How much does a texting while driving ticket increase auto insurance premiums? ANALYZE: Dollar Cost Averaging MOVE: Your Tax Dollar in Action MOVE: Inflation Over Time PLAY: Organize Budget Expenses RESEARCH: Professional Certifications PLAY: Types of Car Insurance MOVE: Types of Employment CALCULATE: Return on Your College Investment What percent of students receive scholarships or grants for college? What's the average credit score needed to rent an apartment? ANALYZE: A FAFSA Submission Summary Which savings strategy is most effective? RESEARCH: Credit Protections What source of funding is used most often to start new businesses? CALCULATE: How Much House Can You Afford? ANALYZE: Inequalities in Investing Over a recent 20 year period, what percent of pros investing in large companies "beat the market?" What percent of new businesses are still operating after 10 years? INTERACTIVE: Online Bank Simulator PLAY: The Bean Game CALCULATE: Impact of Credit Score on Loans INTERACTIVE: Compounding Cat Insanity CALCULATE: The Cost of Auto Loans MOVE: Credit Musical Chairs COMPARE: Types of Savings Accounts When the Mean is Nice MOVE: Let's Make a Mutual Fund FINE PRINT: Financial Aid Package If you invested $1,000 in Netflix stock 10 years ago, what would it be worth now? CALCULATE: Debt Avalanche v. Debt Snowball MOVE: Up and Down with Credit Scores You Just Gotta Habit! INTERACTIVE: Invest with STAX! CALCULATE: The Math Behind Your Federal Taxes ANALYZE: Household Debt and Credit Report PLAY: Roll with the Market PLAY: It Costs HOW Much? What are the top 3 types of products/services Gen Z is most likely to splurge on? INTERACTIVE: Living Paycheck to Paycheck COMPARE: Which Repayment Option is Best? FINE PRINT: Checking Account Statement PLAY: Budget Frenzy! FINE PRINT: Schumer Box MOVE: What Determines Your Insurance Premium?

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

AMPLIFY: Exponential Regression in Investing AMPLIFY: Credit Dot Plots AMPLIFY: Comparing Funds Using Compound Annual Growth Rate AMPLIFY: Graphs of Piecewise Functions AMPLIFY: Growth Factor and Investments AMPLIFY: Chance Experiments AMPLIFY: Systems of Two Linear Equations AMPLIFY: Card Sort: Independent and Dependent Events AMPLIFY: Exponential vs Linear Patterns AMPLIFY: Future Value of a Periodic Investment AMPLIFY: Linear Equations in Standard Form AMPLIFY: Exploring Tax Rates by Income Level and Tax Type AMPLIFY: Marbleslides: Exploring Exponentials AMPLIFY: Card Sort: Sampling Methods AMPLIFY: Card Sort: Linear Equations in Standard Form AMPLIFY: Writing and Graphing a System of Linear Equations AMPLIFY: Complex Systems of Inequalities AMPLIFY: Prize Wheel Puzzle AMPLIFY: Growth of Savings vs Investments AMPLIFY: Piecewise Functions: Introducing Marginal and Effective Tax Rates AMPLIFY: Cart Sort: Graphing Linear Inequalities and Income AMPLIFY: Exponential Growth in Circles AMPLIFY: Polygraph: Guess the Distribution AMPLIFY: College Sticker Price and ACT Scores AMPLIFY: Linear Growth Patterns AMPLIFY: Recursive Formulas: Paying Down an Auto Loan AMPLIFY: Linear Equations from Checking Word Problems AMPLIFY: The (Awesome) Coordinate Plane Activity AMPLIFY: Create a Histogram AMPLIFY: Writing Equations in Standard Form AMPLIFY: Card Sort: Matching Recursive Sequences AMPLIFY: Recursive Formulas: Paying Down Student Loans AMPLIFY: Comparing the Cost of Different Student Loans AMPLIFY: Graphing Systems of Equations with Savings Balances AMPLIFY: Point Collector: Lines AMPLIFY: OLS Regression and College Costs AMPLIFY: Investing and Exponential Change AMPLIFY: Card Sort: Linear Systems AMPLIFY: Piecewise Functions: Calculating Effective Income Tax Rates AMPLIFY: Card Sort: Conditional Probability AMPLIFY: Card Sort: Four Views of a Function AMPLIFY: Histograms and Box Plots of Housing Costs AMPLIFY: Real World Linear Inequalities AMPLIFY: Exploring State and Local Tax Rates AMPLIFY: Writing Linear Equations and Checking AMPLIFY: Piecewise Functions: FICA Tax Rates AMPLIFY: The Impact of Investing Fees on Exponential Growth