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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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