Is there a way to produce this division symbol? ÷

Question

Is there a way to produce this division symbol? ÷

The term \div gives an error of Missing $ inserted.

\÷ is not working either.

Answer 1

Werner's and egreg's comments are correct: you should still use \div, but inside of math mode.

So: $6 \div 3 = 2$.

Answer 2

The questioner said: Is there a way to produce this division symbol? ÷

And I said:

With PSTricks

\documentclass[pstricks,border=3pt]{standalone}

\begin{document}
\begin{pspicture}(4,4)
    \psline[linewidth=10pt](0,2)(4,2)
    \pscircle*(2,0.75){15pt}
    \pscircle*(2,3.25){15pt}
\end{pspicture}
\end{document}

With TikZ

\documentclass[tikz,border=3pt]{standalone}

\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}(4,4)
    \draw[line width=10pt,fill=black] 
        (0,2) -- (4,2)
        (2,0.75) circle (15pt)
        (2,3.25) circle (15pt);
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

Miscellaneous

If you need a fancier div symbol...

\documentclass[pstricks,border=3pt]{standalone}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\makeatletter
\pstVerb{/ptcm {\pst@number\psunit\space div} bind def}
\makeatother
\SpecialCoor
\begin{document}
\begin{pspicture}(4,4)
\psclip
{
    \pscustom[dimen=middle]
    {
    \psframe[linewidth=10pt](!0 2 5 ptcm sub)(!4 2 5 ptcm add)
    \moveto(!2 15 ptcm add 0.75)
    \pscircle(2,0.75){15pt}
    \moveto(!2 15 ptcm add 3.25)
    \pscircle(2,3.25){15pt}
    }
}
    \rput(2,2){\includegraphics[width=4cm]{example-grid-100x100pt}}
\endpsclip
\end{pspicture}
\end{document}