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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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