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

Do consumers send more money on Venmo or spend more money on Amazon? MOVE: Your Tax Dollar in Action CALCULATE: Return on Your College Investment RESEARCH: Credit Protections INTERACTIVE: Living Paycheck to Paycheck RESEARCH: Professional Certifications PROJECT: Credit Protections - You Be the Teacher How much does a texting while driving ticket increase auto insurance premiums? ANALYZE: Household Debt and Credit Report CREATE: Personalized Productive Gap Year Plan When the Mean is Nice You Just Gotta Habit! ANALYZE: A FAFSA Submission Summary CALCULATE: The Math Behind Your Federal Taxes MOVE: Credit Musical Chairs CALCULATE: The Cost of Auto Loans COMPARE: Which Repayment Option is Best? PLAY: The Bean Game CALCULATE: Debt Avalanche v. Debt Snowball ANALYZE: Inequalities in Investing What percent of new businesses are still operating after 10 years? MOVE: Let's Make a Mutual Fund COMPARE: Types of Savings Accounts FINE PRINT: Schumer Box PLAY: Roll with the Market INTERACTIVE: Invest with STAX! INTERACTIVE: Bummer! MOVE: Inflation Over Time INTERACTIVE: Compounding Cat Insanity What are the top 3 types of products/services Gen Z is most likely to splurge on? ANALYZE: Dollar Cost Averaging What percent of Americans who have credit card debt won't be able to pay it off within a year? CALCULATE: How Much House Can You Afford? If you invested $1,000 in Netflix stock 10 years ago, what would it be worth now? PLAY: Types of Car Insurance Which savings strategy is most effective? PLAY: It Costs HOW Much? What's the average credit score needed to rent an apartment? Over a recent 20 year period, what percent of pros investing in large companies "beat the market?" What is the average credit card debt held by Gen Z? MOVE: Up and Down with Credit Scores PLAY: Budget Frenzy! MOVE: Types of Employment What percent of students receive scholarships or grants for college? MOVE: What Determines Your Insurance Premium? How much more likely is a business to launch if the founder creates a business plan? PLAY: Organize Budget Expenses CALCULATE: Impact of Credit Score on Loans What source of funding is used most often to start new businesses? FINE PRINT: Financial Aid Package FINE PRINT: Checking Account Statement INTERACTIVE: Online Bank Simulator

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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