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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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