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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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