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
In states that have their own standards, a state-specific alignment should be prioritized.
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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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