25 into 8 best min fragment found: 25/7 Cut up 25 sticks of length 8 like this: 1 x (4 + 4) 4 x (26/7 + 30/7) 20 x (25/7 + 31/7) Reassemble as 8 sticks of length 25 like this: 2 x (25/7 + 4 + 30/7 + 30/7 + 31/7 + 31/7) 4 x (25/7 + 26/7 + 31/7 + 31/7 + 31/7 + 31/7) 2 x (25/7 + 25/7 + 25/7 + 25/7 + 25/7 + 25/7 + 25/7)