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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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