29 into 25 best min fragment found: 17/2 Cut up 29 sticks of length 25 like this: 5 x (25/2 + 25/2) 4 x (12 + 13) 2 x (23/2 + 27/2) 1 x (11 + 14) 1 x (10 + 15) 2 x (19/2 + 31/2) 4 x (9 + 16) 10 x (17/2 + 33/2) Reassemble as 25 sticks of length 29 like this: 1 x (14 + 15) 2 x (27/2 + 31/2) 4 x (13 + 16) 10 x (25/2 + 33/2) 1 x (19/2 + 19/2 + 10) 1 x (9 + 9 + 11) 2 x (17/2 + 9 + 23/2) 4 x (17/2 + 17/2 + 12)