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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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