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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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