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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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