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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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