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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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