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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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