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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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