9 into 8: min fragment 3 [v1-66-g4e22cc3] Cut up 9 sticks of length 8 like this: 6 x (5 + 3) 3 x (4 + 4) Reassemble as 8 sticks of length 9 like this: 6 x (5 + 4) 2 x (3 + 3 + 3)