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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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