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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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