Question

The art teacher gave each student half a sheet of paper.then she asked the students to color one fourth of their pieces of paper. what part of the original sheet did the student color. explain it

Answer 1

2/8 or 1/4 because she cut the paper in half and told them to color 1/4, so 4+4= 8 and 1+1=2. 

Answer 2

they colored 1/4 of 1/2 of a sheet

1/4 times 1/2=1/8
they colored 1/8 of the original sheet