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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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