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
