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DearRMSStudents(andparentsofstudents)EnteringAlgebra,

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Sincerely,

YourFutureAlgebraTeacher

AlgebraSummerPacket

TableofContents:

1.Equations:

a.One-stepequations

b.Two-stepequations

c.Multi-stepequations

2.Inequalities

a.Graphingone-variableinequalities

b.One-stepinequalities

c.Two-stepinequalities

3.LinearEquationsandInequalities

a.Findingslopefromagraph

b.Findingslopefromtwopoints

c.Findingslopefromanequation

d.Graphinglinesusingslope-interceptform

e.Writinglinearequations

f.Graphinglinearinequalities

1.Equations:

a.One-stepequations

b.Two-stepequations

c.Multi-stepequations

2.Inequalities

a.Graphingone-variableinequalities

b.One-stepinequalities

c.Two-stepinequalities

3.LinearEquationsandInequalities

a.Findingslopefromagraph

b.Findingslopefromtwopoints

c.Findingslopefromanequation

d.Graphinglinesusingslope-interceptform

e.Writinglinearequations

f.Graphinglinearinequalities