23 into 22 best min fragment found: 15/2 Cut up 23 sticks of length 22 like this: 1 x (11 + 11) 4 x (21/2 + 23/2) 2 x (10 + 12) 4 x (19/2 + 25/2) 2 x (9 + 13) 4 x (17/2 + 27/2) 2 x (8 + 14) 4 x (15/2 + 29/2) Reassemble as 22 sticks of length 23 like this: 2 x (23/2 + 23/2) 2 x (11 + 12) 4 x (21/2 + 25/2) 2 x (10 + 13) 4 x (19/2 + 27/2) 2 x (9 + 14) 4 x (17/2 + 29/2) 2 x (15/2 + 15/2 + 8)