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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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