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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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