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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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