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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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