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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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