| Table N-6 Selected Unicode Fractions and their HTML Entities | |||||||||
| ½ ½ ½ ½ | ⅓ ⅓ ⅓ | ¼ ¼ ¼ | ⅕ ⅕ ⅕ | ⅙ ⅙ ⅙ | ⅐ ⅐ | ⅛ ⅛ ⅛ | ⅑ ⅑ | ⅒ ⅒ | ⅟ ⅟ |
| ⅔ ⅔ ⅔ | ¾ ¾ ¾ | ⅖ ⅖ ⅖ | ⅚ ⅚ ⅚ | ⅜ ⅜ ⅜ | |||||
| ↉ ↉ | ⅗ ⅗ ⅗ | ⅝ ⅝ ⅝ | |||||||
| ⅘ ⅘ ⅘ | ⅞ ⅞ ⅞ | ||||||||
The fraction ↉ was introduced for the game of baseball, to represent the tenure of a pitcher who appears in a game, but retires no batters. This illustrates how some Unicode characters have been introduced for highly specialized purposes.
Unicode provides several symbols that might be employed in conjunction with division:
| Table N-6-a Fraction, division, and ratio indicators |
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| symbol | Unicode name | symbol | Unicode name |
|---|---|---|---|
| ⁄ ⁄ ⁄ |
fraction slash | ∶ ∶ ∶ |
ratio |
| ∕ ∕ |
division slash | ∷ ∷ ∷ |
proportion |
| / / / |
solidus | ∝ ∝ ∝ |
proportional to |
| ÷ ÷ ÷ ÷ |
division sign | ||
A ratio might be written in these three equivalent ways:
| source | result |
|---|---|
| 6 ÷ 3 = 8 ÷ 4 | 6 ÷ 3 = 8 ÷ 4 |
| 6 ∕ 3 = 8 ∕ 4 | 6 ∕ 3 = 8 ∕ 4 |
| 6 ∶ 3 ∷ 8 ∶ 4 | 6 ∶ 3 ∷ 8 ∶ 4 |