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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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