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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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