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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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