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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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