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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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