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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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