9 into 7: min fragment 5/2 [v1-66-g4e22cc3] Cut up 9 sticks of length 7 like this: 6 x (9/2 + 5/2) 2 x (4 + 3) 1 x (7/2 + 7/2) Reassemble as 7 sticks of length 9 like this: 3 x (9/2 + 9/2) 2 x (4 + 5/2 + 5/2) 2 x (7/2 + 3 + 5/2)