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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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