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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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