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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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