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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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