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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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