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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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