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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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