The Hunger Games (2012) Math Focused Movie Guide | Differentiated | G6-8

The Hunger Games (2012) Math Focused Movie Guide challenges students to engage with real-world inspired math problems based on scenes from the movie. Students will solve problems involving percentages, probabilities, speed, and distance as they explore scenarios like calculating the percentage of workers in the districts, determining the odds of Katniss or Peeta winning the Games, and estimating how long it takes Katniss to reach safety.

These problems will reinforce key math skills and standards, such as:

6.RP.A.3: Understand and solve percent problems
7.RP.A.2: Analyze proportional relationships and use them to solve real-world problems
7.RP.A.3: Solve multi-step ratio and percent problems
8.SP.A.1: Investigate patterns of association in bivariate data
8.EE.A.1: Use and understand exponents to solve real-world problems

This product includes a zip file consisting of:

• 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)

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

Check the preview file for high resolution 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.

General Tips for Using the Print version of this Movie Guide:
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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