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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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