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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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