The division sign or is written as a horizontal line with dot above and dot below (obelus), or a slash or horizontal line:
÷ / —
The division sign indicates division operation of 2 numbers or expressions.
For example:
6 ÷ 2 = 3
6 / 2 = 3
means 6 divided by 2, which is the division of 6 by 2, which is equal to 3.
