I wrote a (very long) blog post about those viral math problems and am looking for feedback, especially from people who are not convinced that the problem is ambiguous.
It's about a 30min read so thank you in advance if you really take the time to read it, but I think it's worth it if you joined such discussions in the past, but I'm probably biased because I wrote it :)
https://www.theleafchronicle.com/story/news/2019/08/08/viral-math-problem-answer-obelus-austin-peay-apsu/1933750001/
This is the only symbols I've ever seen used (but feel free to provide a reference if you know of any where it isn't - the article hasn't provided any references)...
Ratio is only ever colon.
Division is obelus (textbooks/computers) or slash (computers, though if it's text you can use a Unicode obelus).
Fraction is fraction bar (textbooks) or obelus/slash inside brackets (computers). i.e. (a/b).