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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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