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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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