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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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