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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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