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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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