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Matthew Butler
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 Oct-26-00, 00:21 AM (EST)
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"Division terminology"
 
   Trivia Question: What is the official name for the line (kind of a right angle-one side is curved) drawn when solving division
problem??: _______
)

Thanks!


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1. "RE: Division terminology"
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   Well, I am sure you'd be surprised but the answer is "It's a division sign, silly."

In all honesty, I had no notion whether this ugly semi-straight angled sumbol had any name. I sure never used one. However, I just check a volume of Transitional Mathematics where this symbol along with "/" and "÷" is called as above - division sign.

All the best,
Alexander Bogomolny


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Matthew Butler
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2. "RE: Division terminology"
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   Thank you. I had told the teacher that it means division but she said this was the wrong answer?? I will go back today and tell her it means division sign and see what she says.


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