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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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