Financial Algebra Course

financial algebra course logo

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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