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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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