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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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