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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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