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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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