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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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