This particular bingo game is designed to help students practise simple multiplication problems.
How to Play Multiplication Bingo
Playing Multiplication bingo in the classroom (or in the case of parents,
with your kids at home) is very simple. Here are the instructions:
Each student is given a bingo card or bingo worksheet containing a different random
selection of numbers (note however, these are not the standard numbers that appear on bingo cards, but are instead the answers to various multiplication problems).
Additionally, each student is also given a marker pen (or set of counters).
Here is an example of a typical Multiplication bingo card:
The teacher (or parent) reads out (in random order) multiplication problems, the answers to which correspond to the numbers on the students' bingo cards.
The students then try to solve the problem themselves, and then look for the answer on their bingo card or worksheet..
If they find it, they cross off that square (or cover it with a counter).
Students start off with one square they can mark off without waiting for
it to be called out - the "Free Space" square in the middle of
the bingo card.
The winner is the first student to achieve a winning pattern
and call out "Bingo!" (the teacher or parent should check their
card at this point).
It is of course essential that the teacher (or parent) should explain
what is required for a winning pattern before play starts:
If you want to play a short game: The winning pattern could be any straight line
(horizontal, vertical or diagonal) of five marked off
squares.
If you want to play medium-length game: The winning pattern could be any two
intersecting straight lines of five marked off squares.
If you want to play a long game: The winning pattern could be to
mark off every square on the bingo card. Please note however, if lots of your students
are prone to miss matches, you might never get a winner this way!
If you have lots of students, and want to have multiple winners:
You could have multiple winning patterns - the first winner is the first
student to mark off all four corner squares, the second winner is the first
student to get a straight line of five marked off squares, the third
winner is the first student to get two intersecting lines of five, and the
fourth winner is the student who is first to mark off all the squares on
their bingo card.
Free Printables for Multiplication Bingo
Here are some free printables for playing Multiplication bingo.
They include a call sheet (for the teacher or parent to use for bingo
calls), and a set of 8 bingo cards to give to students.
Note: The sample call sheet included in the printables, contains the answers to the multiplication problems. The teacher should of course call out problems (and perhaps write them on the blackboard as well), rather than calling out the answers - some suggestions for possible problems to call out are given in the table below the preview window.
To print, please click the Print button in the preview window:
Here are some suggestions for the types of things that the teacher
might call out:
Answer (Printed on the Bingo Cards & Call Sheet)
What the Teacher Might Say
4
2 X 2 =
6
2 X 3 = or 3 X 2 =
8
2 X 4 = or 4 X 2 =
9
3 X 3 =
10
2 X 5 = or 5 X 2 =
12
2 X 6 = or 3 X 4 = or 4 X 3 = or 6 X 2 =
14
2 X 2 = or 7 X 2 =
15
3 X 5 = or 5 X 3 =
16
2 X 8 = or 4 X 4 = or 8 X 2 =
18
2 X 9 = or 3 X 6 = or 6 X 3 = or 9 X 2 =
20
2 X 10 = or 4 X 5 = or 5 X 4 = or 10 X 2 =
21
3 X 7 = or 7 X 3 =
22
2 X 11 = or 11 X 2 =
24
2 X 12 = or 3 X 8 = or 4 X 6 = or 6 X 4 = or 8 X 3 = or 12 X 2 =
25
5 X 5 =
27
3 X 9 = or 9 X 3 =
28
4 X 7 = or 7 X 4 =
30
3 X 10 = or 5 X 6 = or 6 X 5 = or 10 X 33 =
32
4 X 8 = or 8 X 4 =
33
3 X 11 = or 11 X 3 =
35
5 X 7 = or 7 X 5 =
36
3 X 12 = or 4 X 9 = or 6 X 6 = or 9 X 4 = or 12 X 3 =
40
4 X 10 = or 5 X 8 = or 8 X 5 = or 10 X 4 =
42
6 X 7 = or 7 X 6 =
44
4 X 11 = or 11 X 4 =
45
5 X 9 = or 9 X 5 =
48
4 X 12 = or 6 X 8 = or 8 X 6 = or 12 X 4 =
49
7 X 7 =
50
5 X 10 = or 10 X 5 =
54
9 X 6 = or 6 X 9 =
55
5 X 11 = or 11 X 5 =
56
8 X 7 =
60
5 X 12 = or 6 X 10 = or 10 X 6 = or 12 X 5 =
63
7 X 9 = or 9 X 7 =
64
8 X 8 =
66
6 X 11 = or 11 X 6 =
70
7 X 10 = or 10 X 7 =
72
6 X 12 = or 8 X 9 = or 9 X 8 = or 12 X 6 =
77
7 X 11 = or 11 X 7 =
80
8 X 10 = or 10 X 8 =
81
9 X 9 =
84
7 X 12 = or 12 X 7 =
88
8 X 11 = or 11 X 8 =
90
9 X 10 = or 10 X 9 =
96
8 X 12 = or 12 X 8 =
99
9 X 11 = or 11 X 9 =
100
10 X 10 =
108
9 X 12 = or 12 X 9 =
110
10 X 11 = or 11 X 10 =
120
10 X 12 = or 12 X 10 =
121
11 X 11 =
132
11 X 12 = or 12 X 11 =
144
12 X 12 =
Suggestions for Variations of Multiplication Bingo
Here are some suggestions for variations on Multiplication bingo:
Try varying the winning pattern.
Try using different multiplication problems.
Easier Variation: After the teacher calls out each multiplication problem, she could ask the class to give the answer to that particular problem, before moving on to the next bingo call.
More Difficult Variation: Try mixing in other types of problems with the multiplication problems.
How to Create Your Own Multiplication Bingo Materials
The Multiplication bingo printables on this web site were produced using
the registered version of the Bingo Card Printer software.
You could easily make your own bingo games using the same method.
Here is how to create your own Multiplication bingo cards:
To add an item: Type the new item into the field entitled Type your new item here.
To remove an item: Select the item (by clicking with the mouse) in the list of items, and then select Delete Item on the Edit menu.
To add multiple items quickly:
Click Add Multiple Items... on the Edit menu
of Bingo Card Printer,
and type the items one per line.
To copy a list of items from another program (for example, a word processor document):
Select and then Copy the items in the word processor or other program
(they must be listed one item per line), switch to
Bingo Card Printer,
and click Add Multiple Items... on the Edit menu,
and then paste them into dialog box
by right clicking in the text entry area and selecting Paste on
the pop-up menu.
Optionally: If you want to, you can change the colors and/or fonts for the bingo cards
using the Colors... or Fonts... options on the Format
menu.
Optionally: If you want to, you can change the printing options (such as
the number of bingo cards to print, or the number of bingo cards per printed
page) on the main screen of Bingo Card Printer
Click Print... on the File menu. Change any of
printer options if you want to, then click OK to begin printing.
Note: If you wish to download the settings that were used to prepare the
printables on this page (in order to use them as a starting point for
your own work) you can do so:
Note: To make use of these materials you will need the registered version of the
Bingo Card Printer.
The materials were prepared using version 3.20 of Bingo Card Printer,
so if you have an older version of the software on your computer, please upgrade
to the latest version of the software first.
You can download the settings file
bingo_multiplication.bcp by clicking here.
Save the file to a folder of your choice on computer.
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