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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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