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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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