it means that what ever you are cutting you cut that right down the middle.
*example* () so say that is a piece of bread and then you cut it in half and then you get ( ) two separate parts
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It could mean a cube tat has been cut into a half so that it is a cuboid. Or, it could mean a cube, each of whose sides is half a unit.
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If you cut a cake in two, you get two halves. If you cut it again you get four quarters. Half of one half is a quarter.
35 cut in half is 17.5. It can also be said 17 and 1/2 or 17 and one half.
1. Cut it in half - there are 2 halves. 2. Cut one of these in half - there are two quarter and one half. 3. Cut the other in half - there are four quarters. 4. Stack them and cut in half - there are eight eighths. 5. Stack them and cut in half - there are sixteen pieces. Cuts 2 and 3 could have been combined, by stacking, to do it all in 4 cuts.