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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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