Math bingo games are interesting and enjoyable classroom activity that many teachers are now using to help teach math. The games are simple enough to be suitable for almost all students, except perhaps the very youngest, and are flexible enough to be easily adapted to teaching a diverse range of mathematical topics including addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, decimals, fractions, rounding etc.

The way that these games are played is as follows:-

1. Before class the teacher selects a range of math problems on the chosen topic. The problems can be as easy as hard as the teacher feels is appropriate. The only criteria in choosing the problems is (a) you need enough problems, and (b) each problem should have a different answer.

2. The teacher then prepares a set of bingo cards, one per student, contain a different arrangement of the answers to the math problems.  This might sound like a lot of work, but it is actually quite simple. The teacher simply enters the answers to the math problems into a bingo card maker program on her computer, and the software will automatically print out as many different bingo cards as needed.

3. Each student is given a bingo card, and the class then plays the game of bingo. The teacher takes the role of the bingo caller, but instead of calling out the numbers on the bingo cards, calls out the math problems (or writes them on the board). The student's task is to solve each problem and then see if they can find the answer on their bingo card.