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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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