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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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