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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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