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? What is the average credit card debt held by Gen Z? MOVE: Up and Down with Credit Scores FINE PRINT: Checking Account Statement ANALYZE: A FAFSA Submission Summary CALCULATE: The Math Behind Your Federal Taxes COMPARE: Which Repayment Option is Best? What percent of new businesses are still operating after 10 years? CREATE: Personalized Productive Gap Year Plan Over a recent 20 year period, what percent of pros investing in large companies "beat the market?" PLAY: It Costs HOW Much? Do consumers send more money on Venmo or spend more money on Amazon? What's the average credit score needed to rent an apartment? PLAY: Roll with the Market ANALYZE: Dollar Cost Averaging RESEARCH: Professional Certifications MOVE: Credit Musical Chairs ANALYZE: Inequalities in Investing COMPARE: Types of Savings Accounts FINE PRINT: Financial Aid Package INTERACTIVE: Compounding Cat Insanity MOVE: What Determines Your Insurance Premium? What source of funding is used most often to start new businesses? PLAY: Budget Frenzy! PLAY: Organize Budget Expenses PLAY: Types of Car Insurance MOVE: Types of Employment CALCULATE: How Much House Can You Afford? ANALYZE: Household Debt and Credit Report INTERACTIVE: Living Paycheck to Paycheck CALCULATE: Return on Your College Investment CALCULATE: The Cost of Auto Loans INTERACTIVE: Invest with STAX! MOVE: Inflation Over Time CALCULATE: Debt Avalanche v. Debt Snowball You Just Gotta Habit! What percent of Americans who have credit card debt won't be able to pay it off within a year? CALCULATE: Impact of Credit Score on Loans Which savings strategy is most effective? PROJECT: Credit Protections - You Be the Teacher RESEARCH: Credit Protections How much does a texting while driving ticket increase auto insurance premiums? PLAY: The Bean Game FINE PRINT: Schumer Box How much more likely is a business to launch if the founder creates a business plan? MOVE: Let's Make a Mutual Fund INTERACTIVE: Online Bank Simulator What are the top 3 types of products/services Gen Z is most likely to splurge on? When the Mean is Nice INTERACTIVE: Bummer! MOVE: Your Tax Dollar in Action If you invested $1,000 in Netflix stock 10 years ago, what would it be worth now?

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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