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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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