diff --git a/Services/Math/classes/class.ilMathPhpAdapter.php b/Services/Math/classes/class.ilMathPhpAdapter.php
index b3a34f344c3b..a4c071a244eb 100644
--- a/Services/Math/classes/class.ilMathPhpAdapter.php
+++ b/Services/Math/classes/class.ilMathPhpAdapter.php
@@ -49,9 +49,20 @@ public function div($left_operand, $right_operand, $scale = null)
             throw new ilMathDivisionByZeroException(sprintf("Division of %s by %s not possible!", $left_operand, $right_operand));
         }
 
-        $res = $this->normalize($left_operand) / $this->normalize($right_operand);
+        // This ensures the old PHP <= 7.0.x behaviour, see: #27785 / #26361
+        try {
+            $res = $this->normalize($left_operand) / $this->normalize($right_operand);
+
+            $division = $this->applyScale($res, $this->normalize($scale));
+        } catch (Throwable $e) {
+            if  (strpos($e->getMessage(), 'A non-numeric value encountered') !== false) {
+                $division = 0;
+            } else {
+                throw $e;
+            }
+        }
 
-        return $this->applyScale($res, $this->normalize($scale));
+        return $division;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/Services/Math/test/ilMathBaseAdapterTest.php b/Services/Math/test/ilMathBaseAdapterTest.php
index 56d59effd788..c31af5314035 100644
--- a/Services/Math/test/ilMathBaseAdapterTest.php
+++ b/Services/Math/test/ilMathBaseAdapterTest.php
@@ -160,7 +160,8 @@ public function mulData()
     public function divData()
     {
         return [
-            ['1', '2', '0.5', self::DEFAULT_SCALE]
+            ['1', '2', '0.5', self::DEFAULT_SCALE],
+            ['', '2', '0', self::DEFAULT_SCALE],
         ];
     }