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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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