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
In states that have their own standards, a state-specific alignment should be prioritized.
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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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