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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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