The Magical Art of Numbers

Once upon a time, in the town of Colorville, there lived a little girl named Lina. Lina loved two things more than anything: painting and puzzles. She could mix colors beautifully, but what about numbers? They always seemed confusing!

One day, while exploring her grandmother's attic, she found an old paintbrush with gold bristles. A little note was attached to the brush:

`This is the Paintbrush of Imagination. Solve it with art,

and numbers will be a part of it!`

Lina didn't understand what this meant—until she put the brush to her math homework. Suddenly the numbers lifted off the page and turned into colorful shapes!

The first problem appeared: 4 + 3 = ?

As Lina looked at it, the brush drew four red apples and three green apples in the air. When she counted them all together, she saw that there were seven apples!

The second problem appeared: 6 × 2 = ?

The brush spun in Lina’s hand and suddenly six bright blue butterflies appeared, flapping their wings in pairs. She watched in amazement as they came together two by two, until she counted twelve in total.

“Twelve!” Lina cried, and as soon as she said the answer, the butterflies disappeared into a shimmering mist.

The brush glowed warmly, and a new challenge appeared before her:

The third problem appeared: 15 ÷ 3 = ?

This time the brush drew fifteen golden stars in the air. They glittered and began to rearrange themselves in three neat rows. Lina counted five stars in each row.

"Five!" she shouted, and just as before, the stars turned into a magical vortex.

With each new problem, Lina's confidence grew. She realized that math was not just numbers on a page; it was patterns, colors, and stories waiting to be solved.