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

FINE PRINT: Schumer Box Do consumers send more money on Venmo or spend more money on Amazon? COMPARE: Types of Savings Accounts PLAY: The Bean Game MOVE: Credit Musical Chairs How much does a texting while driving ticket increase auto insurance premiums? PLAY: Types of Car Insurance What are the top 3 types of products/services Gen Z is most likely to splurge on? PROJECT: Credit Protections - You Be the Teacher What source of funding is used most often to start new businesses? INTERACTIVE: Living Paycheck to Paycheck What percent of Americans who have credit card debt won't be able to pay it off within a year? INTERACTIVE: Bummer! PLAY: It Costs HOW Much? CALCULATE: How Much House Can You Afford? INTERACTIVE: Compounding Cat Insanity CALCULATE: Impact of Credit Score on Loans ANALYZE: Household Debt and Credit Report CALCULATE: The Math Behind Your Federal Taxes MOVE: Your Tax Dollar in Action CALCULATE: Debt Avalanche v. Debt Snowball What percent of students receive scholarships or grants for college? ANALYZE: Inequalities in Investing MOVE: What Determines Your Insurance Premium? ANALYZE: A FAFSA Submission Summary CALCULATE: Return on Your College Investment INTERACTIVE: Invest with STAX! When the Mean is Nice FINE PRINT: Checking Account Statement What is the average credit card debt held by Gen Z? RESEARCH: Credit Protections ANALYZE: Dollar Cost Averaging INTERACTIVE: Online Bank Simulator MOVE: Inflation Over Time COMPARE: Which Repayment Option is Best? What's the average credit score needed to rent an apartment? What percent of new businesses are still operating after 10 years? CALCULATE: The Cost of Auto Loans If you invested $1,000 in Netflix stock 10 years ago, what would it be worth now? CREATE: Personalized Productive Gap Year Plan RESEARCH: Professional Certifications Which savings strategy is most effective? PLAY: Organize Budget Expenses MOVE: Let's Make a Mutual Fund MOVE: Types of Employment You Just Gotta Habit! FINE PRINT: Financial Aid Package MOVE: Up and Down with Credit Scores PLAY: Roll with the Market Over a recent 20 year period, what percent of pros investing in large companies "beat the market?" PLAY: Budget Frenzy! How much more likely is a business to launch if the founder creates a business plan?

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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