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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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