This document provides an overview of slope and how it is calculated and represented in algebra. It defines slope as rise over run and shows how to calculate it by counting squares between two points on a graph. Positive and negative slopes are introduced, as well as the slope-intercept form of a line, y=mx+b, where m is the slope and b is the y-intercept. Examples are given of calculating slope from points and graphing lines in slope-intercept form. Requirements for using the point-slope form, y-y1=m(x-x1), are also outlined.