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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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