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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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