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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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