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7th grade (Eureka Math/EngageNY)

Course: 7th grade (Eureka Math/EngageNY) > Unit 2

Lesson 3: Topic C: Applying operations with rational numbers to expressions and equations
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7th grade (Eureka Math/EngageNY)
Module 2: Rational numbers
Topic C: Applying operations with rational numbers to expressions and equations
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Multiplying & dividing negative numbers word problems

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Problem

A town uses positive numbers to track increases in population and negative numbers to track decreases in population.
The population has decreased by 300 residents over the past 5 years. The same number of residents left each year.
What was the change in the town's population each year?
  • Your answer should be
  • an integer, like 6
  • a simplified proper fraction, like 3, slash, 5
  • a simplified improper fraction, like 7, slash, 4
  • a mixed number, like 1, space, 3, slash, 4
  • an exact decimal, like 0, point, 75
  • a multiple of pi, like 12, space, start text, p, i, end text or 2, slash, 3, space, start text, p, i, end text
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