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We discussed this article in the office and among other things we found that even today the notation for division (when calculating it by hand) varies wildly:
by yread 14y ago
We discussed this article in the office and among other things we found that even today the notation for division (when calculating it by hand) varies wildly:
In Czech Republic we would write
453: 12 = 37.75
In Netherlands:
12/453\37.75
In Russia:
453 | 12
| 37.75
all of them are listed on Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_division http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_division
- zapdrive 14y agoIn India its usually written: 500 ÷ 4 = 125. Its not a + sign, it a bar stuck between a :
- rmccue 14y agoThat's normal division, which is a notation. The GP is talking about long division, which is a technique used to divide large numbers. The symbol in Australia (and I'd say most of the English speaking world) looks like a long square root sign with a curved vertical part: _______ 12)12345
- lclarkmichalek 14y agoThat's also very much the standard in Britain.
- Uncompetative 14y ago123 ÷ 4/5 + 6 | 7 x 8 = 123 ÷ 0.8 + 6 | 56 = 153.75 + 6 | 56 = 159.75 | 56 = 2.85267 857142 857142 857142 857142 857142 857142 857142 857142 857142... i.e. here | acts as a low precedence division operator, ÷ as an ordinary precedence division operator like infix / and the 'closefix' rational notation 3/4 has the highest precedence in my programming language n.b. in case you were wondering P v Q is used for Boolean Or.