21 into 10 best min fragment found: 21/5 Cut up 21 sticks of length 10 like this: 5 x (5 + 5) 2 x (24/5 + 26/5) 2 x (23/5 + 27/5) 2 x (22/5 + 28/5) 10 x (21/5 + 29/5) Reassemble as 10 sticks of length 21 like this: 2 x (5 + 5 + 27/5 + 28/5) 2 x (5 + 5 + 26/5 + 29/5) 2 x (23/5 + 24/5 + 29/5 + 29/5) 2 x (22/5 + 5 + 29/5 + 29/5) 2 x (21/5 + 21/5 + 21/5 + 21/5 + 21/5)