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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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