+8 What is the mathematical symbol called in division that looks like a "rooftop", that is the slang term I've given it, and is usually used in long division? The divisor would go outside the symbol, the dividend goes under the "roof" and the quotient goes on top of the "roof". Thanks for your help.
+37084 I AM in !!! Start churning out the third graders with the new nomenclature!
+37084 Maybe YOU just gave it a name !!!
The symbol separating the dividend from the divisor in a long division that is drawn as a right parenthesis (or sometimes a straight vertical bar) with an attached vinculum extending to the right seems to have no established name of its own.
Long Division Symbol -- from Wolfram MathWorld
mathworld.wolfram.com/LongDivisionSymbol.html
+8 Well I guess that is why I could never find it. You would think that this symbol would have a name. It isn't obscure and is frequently used. I actually teach third grade and I've always called it the "rooftop". I wonder what other teachers call it. We want students to use the proper mathematical terms, which I'm not totally against, that you would think something they learn to use in the third grade would have a name. I really am amazed by this.
Thanks for your reply...maybe you and I can make our millions by coming up with a name. I'll let you do all the legwork and I'll take the credit...does 60/40 sound fair when we receive our first million? LOL!!!!
+37084 I AM in !!! Start churning out the third graders with the new nomenclature!
