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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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