I've certainly always approached maths as a game, but even that does not guarantee that everybody would enjoy it. If chess was a mandatory subject in school, lo

I've certainly always approached maths as a game, but even that does not guarantee that everybody would enjoy it. If chess was a mandatory subject in school, lots of people would probably still resent having to learn it. On the other hand I think many people are doing algorithmic and mathematical things on a daily basis (like cooking), yet they would claim that they have no idea about maths and avoid it like the plague.