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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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