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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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