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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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