For more information about the names of the different symbols for division, you can check out Names for the Division Sign at MathMojo.com
Recently a reader wrote in with the following question:
Hi. I enjoyed discovering your website about math mojo.
Do you by chance know how to create the long division symbol in a word processing document or PowerPoint that allows someone to insert the dividend under a vinculum?
Right now, I’m just using an underline key, entering, and then typing the numbers on the line underneath. This solution is less than optimal. If you have a better solution, how happy you’d make me by sharing it.
Thanks,
- A. Reader
Professor Homunculus sez:
The symbol the reader is referring to is this one:
Great question. Lots of people have asked about it before, and it’s time I got to it. I’ve tried this so many ways, and have downloaded lots of math software trials, only to find that none of them have included that symbol. The rest of this post are instructions and a video of how to do this.
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