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Multiplying & dividing negative numbers word problems

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 3/5
  • a simplified improper fraction, like 7/4
  • a mixed number, like 1 3/4
  • an exact decimal, like 0.75
  • a multiple of pi, like 12 pi or 2/3 pi
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