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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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