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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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