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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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