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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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