Array bingo

How to play

• Each player creates a gameboard using 6 array cards. Set aside the remaining array cards.

• Place the descriptor cards in a pile, face down.

• Turn over a descriptor card. If a player has the matching array card on their gameboard, they may turn the array card over.

• If both players have the matching array card, they can both turn over their matching cards.

• If neither player has the matching array card, turn over the next product card in the pile.

• The winner is the first player to turn over all their cards and say ‘bingo!’

Other ways to play

• Swap how the piles of cards are used in the game.

• Make a gameboard from the descriptor cards and turn over the array cards.

• Extend the number range by adding in the expansion pack and/or replacing the product cards with 2 x 9-sided dice

Discuss/ reflect

• What strategies did you use to determine how many dots there are in the partially covered arrays?

• Were there any arrays which were known facts for you? Which ones?

• What strategies did you use for the arrays that weren’t known facts for you?