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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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