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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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