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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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