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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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