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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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