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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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