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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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