25 into 19 best min fragment found: 13/2 Cut up 25 sticks of length 19 like this: 1 x (9 + 10) 3 x (8 + 11) 3 x (15/2 + 23/2) 4 x (7 + 12) 14 x (13/2 + 25/2) Reassemble as 19 sticks of length 25 like this: 7 x (25/2 + 25/2) 1 x (8 + 8 + 9) 1 x (7 + 8 + 10) 3 x (13/2 + 15/2 + 11) 3 x (13/2 + 7 + 23/2) 4 x (13/2 + 13/2 + 12)