Maths Bingo Game
One great way to teach elementary school math skills to students with and without special needs is through the game of Math Bingo. It’s played very similarly to regular bingo: The caller gives the players a math problem. The players then solve the problem, look for the answer on the bingo card, and cover the appropriate spot with a counter. The caller takes the list of math questions related to whatever math topic the bingo game is covering. The players cover their free space with a marker, then the caller will read off one question at a time to the players. The caller should also record the answers secretly to keep track of which numbers have been called. Bingo - Addition. Useful for whole class addition mental maths for use on an interactive whiteboard. Levels are carefully progressive from single digit addition to HTU and TU addition.
Bingo is always a hit in our house and this Addition Bingo is no exception!
Not only is this game great addition practice for my 7-year-old, but it’s also good reinforcement of numbers and color recognition for my 5 and 3-year-olds. It doesn’t hurt for them to hear these addition facts over and over in a fun game-type way.
I recommend that you print this game on cardstock and laminate it if you have a home laminator. It will last much longer that way! My kiddos don’t seem to be very gentle with games, so laminating is a necessity at our house. It takes around 20 minutes from start to finish to prepare this game, including the laminating time.
Also, this game uses a lot of printer ink. If you would prefer to print it in ‘Black Only Mode’, you can color code it by using markers to create the different game boards and equation pieces, using the original colors as a guide.
How to Play Addition Bingo
Printable Math Bingo
I constructed this Addition Bingo to be very similar to its counterpart – Subtraction Bingo. The rules are the same as traditional Bingo in that the winner must have 5 covered Bingo spaces in a row, either horizontally, diagonally, or vertically.
Instead of using traditional B-I-N-G-O columns, I used different colored plus signs. So the name of each column is the color+plus.
To start, the first player draws an equation, states the color and answers the equation aloud.
Example: Clara draws a yellow 3+3. She says to the other players: “Yellow 3+3 equals 6. Yellow 6.” Then everyone else looks on their boards to see if they have a Yellow 6. If they do, they put a token on the space.
Note: If you’ve already printed out Subtraction Bingo, you can use the same tokens. So don’t waste your printer ink on them if you don’t need to! Also to save on printer ink, you can use anything else you have available to use as tokens: beads, counting bears/blocks, M&Ms.
Maths Bingo Game Printable
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Math Bingo Pdf
| Author: | Lauren Hill |
| Date: | February 12, 2014 |