This drove me nuts when I was a student. No one gave me a solid reason, even though it was right there.

Math is a language that is required to describe how the world works. It's the official language of certain spheres of society that seriously impact your life. If you don't speak it, other people will make decisions for you that you can't understand.

It's also really useful if you deal with finance, engineering, computers, statistics etc. If you don't speak math, these doors are closed to you.

This would be a lot more evident if they had us solve real world problems with math.