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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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