5 into 4 best min fragment found: 3/2 Cut up 5 sticks of length 4 like this: 1 x (2 + 2) 4 x (3/2 + 5/2) Reassemble as 4 sticks of length 5 like this: 2 x (5/2 + 5/2) 2 x (3/2 + 3/2 + 2)