Division sign

If you cannot get the Japanese Fifty keyboard for Apple IPhone IOS
I verified I can get this Division Symbol in my Japanese Kana keyboard

Same Basic steps that Dan Perkins provided but in Kana Keyboard
(once you have it installed):
(1) Hit ABC lower right

(2) Hit *123 (the asterisk is the 'star' symbol)

(3) Beneath the 5 is the Division Symbol

(4) Lightly hold the 5 key until a Symbol map shows up

(5) Select the Division Symbol

When you are done, explore the Kana "Emoticons" Menu

lower left first screen (^o^)

hey guys, i use this solution for inserting a division symbol on an iOS device.... first you need to have an apple wireless keyboard. now, instead of activating a secondary keyboard (Japanese) as stated in some of the above post, go into settings and go to keyboard shortcuts, once there create a new keyboard shortcut, but here is where the actual wireless keyboard comes into play,use your apple wireless keyboard to input the text, in the phrase entry field use the shortcut (option + ?) this will insert the actual division symbol ( ÷ ) in the shortcut entry field input what TWO characters work for you, i use ( // ) remember you have to use TWO.

this tip wil work for any of the mathematical symbols you need to use, but are not built into iOS

Dan Perkins wrote:
Hi gang,

PLEASE tell me how to get a division sign (÷) on my iPad keyboard.

You are right, the "Japanese Fifty Key" keyboard is not available anymore in iOS version 5.1.1.

But as you found out for yourself, the ÷ sign is also available on the "Japanese Kana" keyboard.

For feedback regarding this subject, contact Apple directly using this method:

http://www.apple.com/feedback/ipad.html

Dan Perkins wrote:
Thanks Apfelwurm, that worked great. Not sure why the Japanese keyboard has it but not the American one. Odd.

Thanks again.

Apfelwurm, you referred to the “Japanese Fifty Key” keyboard. This is not among the keyboard choices on my iPad. (I do have the latest iOS installed, which is 5.1.1 as of 9/14/12.) There were two Japanese keyboards -- Romaji and Kana -- so I chose both. Neither had a division symbol that I was able to find.

My only solution to this problem thus far is to google for a division symbol and copy & paste it!

CORRECTION: I found it! I was not accessing the Jaoanese keyboards correctly, but when I figured it out, I found the division symbol on the numerical page of the Kana keyboard. So hooray! But wow, how silly that Apple neglected to include such a common symbol on the U.S. keyboard (and U.K.). It's so obvious it should be an alternate character with the lower case "x" key.

TheDailyGothic wrote:

this tip wil work for any of the mathematical symbols you need to use, but are not built into iOS

There is really no need for a wireless keyboard. You can copy/paste all the symbols available in iOS by using an app like Symbola or Unicode Map.

The simplest solution is to create a keyboard shortcut in the iPad settings. I created "dividedby" (no spaces allowed for shortcuts). So whenever I want the ÷ symbol, I just type "dividedby", and it automatically changes the words to the symbol. No special keyboard needed. Easy.

That said, it is annoying that a very common math symbol isn't readily available on the English keyboard. I certainly use it more often than the degree symbol (°), which is available on the keyboard, because I talk about numbers (money matters, etc.) in emails far more often than I talk about the weather.

Eric Ross wrote:
When you are in the keyboard click on the numbers then look to your bottom right you will see the key with math signs.