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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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