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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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