Push your learning experience beyond the classroom with the Math for Financial Literacy companion website.

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).

UnLock Financial Literacy is a unique course that uses mathematics to illustrate fundamental principles of personal finance. It also provides an introduction to financial accounting and business math. Students will be prepared to file taxes, keep within their budgets, and set financial goals to push their lives and careers forwards.

Written specifically for teens, Math for Financial Literacy helps prepare students for the real world by teaching them how to apply basic math concepts to the tasks they will use in their everyday lives, such as managing a bank account, using credit cards, and creating a budget.

Stand-alone activities you can use with your own lessons or the NGPF Financial Algebra course. NGPF Math provides FREE curriculum and resources that weave real-world personal finance applications with rigorous math instruction. You’ll have a clear answer when students ask: When am I ever going to use this?

The resources below address the Personal Financial Literacy TEKS (Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills) standards for middle school mathematics. Each on-grade section provides instructional materials, examples, and practice questions for students to learn about the math of finance.

The results of this research show clear evidence of the link between mathematics and financial literacy skills, the application of financial literacy to learning outcomes in mathematics, and the readiness of schools to apply financial literacy using projects.

These materials are designed to fit with modules developed by the Financial Literacy Project at Dartmouth College that include videos, slide presentations, case studies and assessments for use by instructors free of charge. Available materials include: Textbook: Basic Mathematics through Financial Literacy

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Gaining mathematical knowledge is the first step toward developing financial literacy, which in turn provides early opportunities for meaningful mathematical modeling. The global economic downturn that occurred in the late 2000s highlighted the need for increased financial education for school-age students as well as adults.