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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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