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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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