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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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