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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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