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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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