[Gracefuldear]

Thank you.. I'm not obsessed by fractions just have to produce a 'cheatsheet
for some children'! Thanks to everyone that have input their ideas.
Regards
Sue

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

I'll accept (a) at least. g

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"Peter Jamieson" wrote in message
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FWIW, I can't see the point of making up a fraction for 2/10 when (a)
it's
the same as 1/5 and (b) it's easily represented by 0.2 (as is 1/5).

A few thoughts...
a. imagine you're teaching fractions to a class that doesn't know that
1/5
= 2/10 (or it's a test)
b. you're just using a fractional format to present some information in
that "round number" way that advertisers seem to favour, e.g. "2 out of
every 10 MVPs prefer FractoFormatFlakes for breakfast". Can't imagine
they'd
do it as 2/10 though.
c. you're obsessed by fractions of 10 and you don't care who knows...

Peter Jamieson


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
FWIW, I can't see the point of making up a fraction for 2/10 when (a)
it's
the same as 1/5 and (b) it's easily represented by 0.2 (as is 1/5).

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Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Peter Jamieson" wrote in message
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If you have a font that provides Unicode "number forms", such as Arial
Unicode MS, then there's a character for 1/5 at character code 8205
(hex
2155) However, I don't think you will find a Unicode symbol for 2/10
:-)

There are a couple of things you can do, but I think the simplest is
probably as follows, again assuming you have Arial Unicode MS or
another
font that supports the necessary symbols

Type the digit 2, select it, and format it as Arial Unicode MS.

Click Insert|Symbol, select font Arial Unicode MS, select Subset
General
Punctuation, then select the "FRACTION SLASH" character (Unicode hex
2044)
and insert it.

Type 10 and ensure it is also formatted as Arial Unicode MS.

You should now have 2/10

Select the "2", and use Format|Font to set its size to 6pt, and
Format|Font|Character Position|Raised by 4pt. You may find it looks
better
formatted as Bold as well.

Select the "10" and use Format|Font to set its size to 6pt, and perhaps
format as Bold.

This should look pretty much like the 1/5 symbol at 12pt.

To reuse your 2/10, select it and use Insert|Autotext to create an
autotext
that you can easily re-insert.

If you need to have a 2/10 at a different point size, make a new copy
and
modify the character sizes and subscripting until it works OK.


Peter Jamieson

"Gracefuldear" wrote in
message
...
Hi does anyone know how to use microsoft word to insert mathematical
symbols
for fractions that are not already on word? I need to insert one
fifth
and
two tenths for some coursework I need to do.

I would appreciate a response as soon as is possible.

Regards
S Clement