Question

mr jones told his students they each need half of a piece of paper calvin cut his piece of paper horizontally and mathew cut his piece of paper diagonally which student has the larger area on his half piece of paper

Answer 1

Both

Explanation:

After cutting the paper, both Calvin and Matthew have the same area. Calvin cut his into two rectangles that are each half the area of the original piece of paper. Matthew cut his paper into two equivalent right triangles that are also half the area of the original piece of paper.