Re: Too narrowly defined: DIVISION SIGN & COLON

From: Mark E. Shoulson <mark_at_kli.org>
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 21:47:54 -0400

On 07/10/2012 09:35 PM, Stephan Stiller wrote:
> For me, the symbol ÷ also only ever appeared on calculators. I don't
> think it appeared ever in primary or secondary school textbooks I've
> worked with and wasn't used for handwritten arithmetic at my schools
> either.
FWIW, I only really ever saw ÷ on calculators too. When I was taught
division in grade school the symbol we used was U+27CC LONG DIVISION ⟌

~mark
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