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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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