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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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