A division sign is called an obelius.
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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. It can therefore simply be termed the "long division symbol," or sometimes the division bracket.
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The long division symbol has no established name of its own. However, it consists of a closing bracket and a horizontal line on top of the numbers called a "vinculum" - from the Latin meaning "something which is tied up".
Division Near Facts is division that does not result to exact quotients, i.e. leaving an extra called Remainder (symbol - R). This is an introductory concept on division taught to elementary students. For example: 8 divided by 3 = 2 R2
The answer to a division problem is called a quotient or divide. The answer to a division problem is called a quotient or divide.