DearRMSStudents(andparentsofstudents)EnteringAlgebra,
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Doyourbest!
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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