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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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