the worst kind of torture, created by satan himself. You can go for your whole life never needing to find "x" nor calculating the square root of 16.
Satan: I have run out of ideas, what can we do?
demon #1: we create this thing called math lessons were we force the youngsters to count for no apparent reason
demon #2: AND WE'LL MAKE THEM THINK THAT ITS USEFUL
satan: GENIOUSLY! LETS MAKE IT!