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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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