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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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