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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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