Counting on Katherine

Katherine loved to:

• Read

• Count

• Play

Katherine was so smart, how many grades did she skip?

• 1

• 2

• 3

Why did Katherine's family move?

• To be closer to family

• So Katherine could attend high school.

• Katherine's mother got a job.

What did Katherine dream of becoming?

• A doctor

• A teacher

• A research mathematician

• An astronaut

Because there were no research mathematician jobs for women, Katherine became a

• astronaut

• veterinarian

• teacher

• house cleaner

When did the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics begin hiring women as mathematicians?

• 1920's

• 1950's

• 1980's

Which country first launched a rocket ship into space?

• China

• United States

• Soviet Union

• Japan

Katherine worked as a "computer" for NASA. What was her job?

• Calculating long series of numbers

• typing all the information into the computer

• telling the astronauts how to fly

Sending a rocket ship into space is like:

• driving a car

• throwing a ball into the air

• flying a plane

• riding a bike

Project Mercury was designed to send the first American into space.

• True

• False