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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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