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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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