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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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