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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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