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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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