Boone High School - Boone Legend Yearbook (Orlando, FL)

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,'iO. E .Z . fig, ,3 h 4A WORDS SUCH AS hexahedron, polyhedron and icosi+e+rahedron slide easily off lhe fongues of sfudenfs in solid geomelry. Judy Marlin is in 'lhe process of explaining how lo find fhe volume of a hexahedron. -8 Xl N THE COMPLICATIONS of making and using graphs ff V453 . . . - . I ,.1:- -::: fm, ' X- rapldly disappear wllh Mr. Benlamm Ramsdell s ex- planafion. Ray Sfanley and Rila Cox seem +0 be Ralph Naleway Belfamin Ramsdeu keenly inferesied in +he algebra problem. ' WHAT NEXT? ask fhese puzzled geomefry s+uclen+s, El'ron Flercher and Ann Shumaker, as 'lhey ponder over +angen+s and parallel lines. VERTICAL ANGLES are 'formecl when . . . explains Robin Divine. Successfully proving lhe Pylhagorean Theorem is a mileslone for plane geomelry s'ruden'rs. 21 I

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Julia Campbell David Cramp ui? Charles Gantt Joan McCormick Evalyn McEn+ire WHEN YOU START adding up fhis many numbers, you realize how helpful an adding machine could be, lhinlts Dell Shocltley in a business arirhmefic class. Only bookkeeping students have access lo the one adding machine in the school. gxtitggxgfg 3 to . qw it NNT , 5, THE GIANT slide rule intrigues Algebra II students while Mr. Charles Gantt explains its usage +o Susan Tulhill. Craig Brown follows through on his own side rule. Slide Rule Wizards Tackle Mathematical Problems x-I-yrrlf' The measurement of the ground from this point is 50 fr. These and many other phrases are often re- peated during the year in the seven courses of mathematics that are taught at Boone. Classes range from the simplest mathematics to the most difhcult problem in solid geometry. To the students who are enrolled in business arithmetic, it is no problem to understand the procedure of hlling out bank forms, the mysteries of per cents or the problems that arise in everyday business life. Algebra I teaches students the fundamentals of higher mathematics and prepares them for Algebra II or plane geom- etry. In this course pupils cover the mysteries of formulas, signed numbers and exponents. Algebra II, an advanced course of mathematics, is offered to the upper eight to ten per cent of the students who are capable of more extensive work than Algebra I. Graduating to more difficult branches of mathematics, stu- dents begin with plane geometry. The boys and girls in this class work in cliques solving the problems together and making reports as a group. Special geometry is composed of students who are recom- mended by their Algebra I or II teachers, as being able to do more difficult mathematics. In this class the boys and girls discuss problems in solid geometry and trigonometry. They also have built a telemeter which is a simple surveying instrument. Rounding out the mathematical program at Boone, solid geometry and trigonometry are offered. Trigonometry is im- portant for future engineers and for those who plan to go on to higher mathematics. Solid geometry is available to students who will use it in their future careers. These students compute volumes and areas of solid figures, memorize formulas and learn how to work proportions.

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