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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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