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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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