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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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