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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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