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
In states that have their own standards, a state-specific alignment should be prioritized.
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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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