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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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