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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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