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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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