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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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