The Master Mathematician

Math? Dinosaurs don't do complex sums—what if the numbers turn around and bite my claws? But you said I could do the hardest equations, and my head started spinning with curious sparks! Tiptoeing past the shoe rack onto the floor, I spotted a dropped sheet of grid scrap paper covered in giant squiggles, plus signs, and squarish root brackets beside the desk. My knees shook for half a second, but then I dragged over three red wooden beads and lined them straight up under a giant curvy scribble. Two beads plus one bead equals three beads, right? I tapped the paper with my claw—the giant scribble didn't tumble over, it matched the three beads perfectly! I puffed my chest right out: I just conquered the most impossible equation in the entire universe!