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Hidden Figures Math Movie Guide Questions

Hidden Figures Math Movie Guide Questions

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This Hidden Figures Math Movie Guide Questions resource challenges to solve real-world problems connected to NASA’s space race, such as calculating trajectories, solving equations, and working with ratios and percentages. Math questions include topics like the amount of time needed to complete calculations, the probability of passing courses, and the speed required for space reentry. These activities reinforce key mathematical skills across multiple grade levels and provide a connection between practical math applications and historical achievements in space exploration.

These problems will help reinforce the following math skills and standards:

  • 6.RP.A.3.c: Solve problems involving percentages and proportions
  • 6.NS.C.8: Solve real-world problems involving distances and coordinate planes
  • 6.RP.A.1: Understand the concept of ratios
  • 6.EE.A.2: Evaluate expressions in which letters stand for numbers
  • 7.RP.A.3: Use proportional relationships to solve multi-step ratio and percent problems
  • 8.EE.A.1: Know and apply properties of exponents
  • 8.EE.C.7.b: Solve linear equations with rational number coefficients
  • 8.SP.A.1: Calculate probabilities for compound events

This resource is great for:

  • Substitute Emergency Lesson Plans
  • After Testing Activity
  • Reward Lessons
  • End of School Year Parties

This resource is meant to supplement the viewing of this movie, see the IMDb listing here.

Check the thumbnails for sample questions to see if this math focused movie guide is suitable for your students. This resource consists of 10 math related questions and 2 optional long format questions that will do more than just ask your students to regurgitate information.

This product .zip file includes:

    • An Answer Key w/ CCSS Alignment (4 Pages)
    • A Student Movie Guide (4 Pages)
    • A DIFFERENTIATED Student Movie Guide (4 Pages)
      • Includes hints and formulas necessary to solve the problem
    • 2 PDFs with link to both student Google Slide versions (2 Pages)
    • CCSS alignment, Admin Movie Request and Permission Slip (2 Pages)

Google Classroom | Google Slide | Tips:

    • Click on the link included in the PDF titled "Google Slides Version" and save a copy of the file to your Google Drive/Classroom
    • Create an assignment for your students
    • If you are using this resource for multiple classes and want to separate responses by class, create multiple copies of the Google Slides version with file names such as

Tips for using this Hidden Figures Math Movie Guide Questions (G6~8) resource in your classroom:

    • Print one, double-sided movie guide for each student
    • Preview the next question on the movie guide as you complete each one, this can help students pay attention to important upcoming events.
    • If students work together, discourage students from simply copying answers.
    • Randomly choose a student to share their answer and defend it if necessary.
    • Optionally, after completing the math questions, allow 5-10 minutes for each ELA question at the end of the film.
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