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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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