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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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