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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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