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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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