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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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