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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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