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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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