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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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