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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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