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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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