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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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