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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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