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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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