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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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