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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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