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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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