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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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