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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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