Quote Originally Posted by ElHeggunte View Post
We should. That might motivate people to learn what a prime number is.
The issue is how it's taught, most math is just taught as "learn this because you have to" they rarely teach you the real world implication of mathematical ideas. If one were to understand why certain concepts are important people may retain the information better but when your school system teaches you that the multiplications are 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20, 3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24 27 30, 4 8 12 16 20 24 28 32 36 40, 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50, 8 16 24 32 40 48 56 64 72 80, etc etc, it just leaves most peoples minds because they don't understand why it's important to learn.

Utility of learned information should be part of an education system curriculum but many just regurgitate information to you without explaining why it's important.