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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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