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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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