30 into 19 best min fragment found: 15/2 Cut up 30 sticks of length 19 like this: 2 x (19/2 + 19/2) 4 x (9 + 10) 4 x (17/2 + 21/2) 4 x (8 + 11) 16 x (15/2 + 23/2) Reassemble as 19 sticks of length 30 like this: 4 x (9 + 19/2 + 23/2) 4 x (17/2 + 10 + 23/2) 4 x (8 + 21/2 + 23/2) 4 x (15/2 + 11 + 23/2) 3 x (15/2 + 15/2 + 15/2 + 15/2)