Mathematics of Finance
“If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is.”
-John von Neumann
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Oklahoma State Department of Education for Mathematics of Finance Competencies
Oklahoma Mathematical Actions and Processes for K-12
National Standards for Personal Financial Education
[Updated and developed throughout 24-25] 2024-2025 Math of Finance Curriculum Guide (Compete though Topic 1)
2024-2025 Pacing One Page Calendar [updated 4/24]
Recommended district text resource: "Financial Algebra Course" by Next Gen Personal Finance. Used under the CC BY-NC 3.0 license as posted on the web site. This course is completely digital.
Content is linked below:
NOTE: To control access to solutions and testing material, please email Gary Horner at hornega@tulsaschools.org for the link to the folders containing the teacher only materials. The email should contain your name, school, and your Tulsa Public Schools google email address (ex. hornega@k12.tulsaschools.org. You will need to access the content through that google account to maintain the security of the documents.
Unit 1: Taxes & Fundamentals of Algebra
Unit 1 Unit Plan for Teachers
Math of Finance Tool Kit digital documents (W-2 and Paystub Templates)
Student Activity Packet (digital copies) - Copy to your own folder, link in Canvas, have students save their own copies of the documents, and complete.
Exit Tickets - Available as a doc or as as a Google Form
Unit 2: Checking and Linear Equations
Unit 2 Unit Plan for Teachers
Math of Finance Tool Kit digital documents (Checking Account Statement and Checkbook Register Templates)
Student Activity Packet (digital copies) - Copy to your own folder, link in Canvas, have students save their own copies of the documents, and complete.
Exit Tickets - Available as a doc or as as a Google Form
Unit 3: Saving & Systems of Equations
Unit 3 Unit Plan for teachers
Math of Finance Tool Kit digital documents (Savings Account Statement Template)
Student Activity Packet (digital copies) - Copy to your own folder, link in Canvas, have students save their own copies of the documents, and complete.
Exit Tickets - Available as a doc or as as a Google Form
Unit 4: Budgeting & Systems of Inequalities
Unit 4 Unit Plan for teachers
Math of Finance Tool Kit digital documents (Bill Templates)
Student Activity Packet (digital copies) - Copy to your own folder, link in Canvas, have students save their own copies of the documents, and complete.
Exit Tickets - Available as a doc or as as a Google Form
Unit 5: Intro to Investing & Exponential Functions
Unit 5 Unit Plan for teachers
Student Activity Packet (digital copies) - Copy to your own folder, link in Canvas, have students save their own copies of the documents, and complete.
Exit Tickets - Available as a doc or as as a Google Form
Unit 6: Investing Strategies & Exponential Functions
Unit 6 Unit Plan for teachers
Student Activity Packet (digital copies) - Copy to your own folder, link in Canvas, have students save their own copies of the documents, and complete.
Exit Tickets - Available as a doc or as as a Google Form
Unit 7: Types of Credit & Modeling Functions
Unit 7 Unit Plan for teachers
Math of Finance Tool Kit digital documents (Transunion Credit Report Template)
Student Activity Packet (digital copies) - Copy to your own folder, link in Canvas, have students save their own copies of the documents, and complete.
Exit Tickets - Available as a doc or as as a Google Form
Unit 8: Managing Credit & Single Variable Statistics
Unit 8 Unit Plan for teachers
Math of Finance Tool Kit digital documents (Transunion Credit Report Template)
Student Activity Packet (digital copies) - Copy to your own folder, link in Canvas, have students save their own copies of the documents, and complete.
Exit Tickets - Available as a doc or as as a Google Form
Unit 9: Paying For College & Multivariable Statistics
Unit 9 Unit Plan for teachers
Student Activity Packet (digital copies) - Copy to your own folder, link in Canvas, have students save their own copies of the documents, and complete.
Exit Tickets - Available as a doc or as as a Google Form
Unit 10: Insurance & Probability
Unit 10 Unit Plan for teachers
Student Activity Packet (digital copies) - Copy to your own folder, link in Canvas, have students save their own copies of the documents, and complete.
Exit Tickets - Available as a doc or as as a Google Form
End of Course Project: My Financial Flipbook
For additional information about the mathematics resources, contact Gary Horner
email: hornega@tulsaschools.org
phone: 918-925-1129