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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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