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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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