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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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