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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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