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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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