For many, maths is a turn-off because it seems unrelated to their everyday lives; it lacks real-world relevance. Sad to say, payday lenders have a greater resonance to many people than Pythagoras’s theorem. The abstract nature of mathematics, as taught, leads many children to tune out or switch off entirely. Others conclude that they simply do not have “a maths brain”.
This is an educational scar that can last a lifetime’, Andrew G. Haldane (2016), The Great Divide, cit. pp. 11-12  24  ‘Part of the solution may come from making maths relevant to people’s lives, to link it to real-world decisions.