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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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