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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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