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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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