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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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