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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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