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

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

AMPLIFY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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