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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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