Division Symbol

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Symbol Format Data
÷ Code Point
U+00F7
TeX
\div
SVG

Usage

The division symbol is used in math to represent the division operator. Typically, the symbol is used in an expression like this:

In plain language, this means twelve divided by three. Later in math, this notation is often dropped in favor of a horizontal bar as shown below which means the same thing.

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The division operator returns the result of dividing one number by another number.