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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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