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
In states that have their own standards, a state-specific alignment should be prioritized.
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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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