Financial Algebra Course

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, Desmos Activities
Assessments:
1 exam per unit, course diagnostic, and course final exam
Cost:
FREE, and always will be

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

Unit 1 Taxes & Fundamentals of Algebra

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Activities & Keys

PERSONAL FINANCE RESOURCES

MOVE: Your Tax Dollar in Action CALCULATE: The Math Behind Your Federal Taxes

DESMOS ACTIVITIES

DESMOS: The (Awesome) Coordinate Plane Activity DESMOS: Exploring State and Local Tax Rates DESMOS: Piecewise Functions: Introducing Marginal and Effective Tax Rates DESMOS: Piecewise Functions: FICA Tax Rates DESMOS: Exploring Tax Rates by Income Level and Tax Type DESMOS: Piecewise Functions: Calculating Effective Income Tax Rates DESMOS: Graphs of Piecewise Functions DESMOS: Card Sort: Four Views of a Function