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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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