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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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