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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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