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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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