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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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