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
In states that have their own standards, a state-specific alignment should be prioritized.
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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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