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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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