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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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