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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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