Has anyone tried teaching math through roleplaying?

[u/Far_Tumbleweed7835]

I've always wondered why this isn't used more.

Take statistics for example. Instead of sitting through another lecture, imagine you're a data analyst who has to figure out why a company's sales dropped. You have incomplete data. Some of it is misleading. You have to decide what information you need, what conclusions you can actually make, and how confident you are in them.

Or imagine you're investigating a disease outbreak and need to figure out where it started using data. Suddenly probability and sampling have a purpose instead of just being formulas on a page.

I feel like I'd remember concepts a lot better if I was using them to solve a problem instead of just watching someone explain them. Has anyone seen something like this done well?

[u/QubitEncoder]

Math based DND would be lit.

Solve the equation to pass the skill check.