Description
How it works
Each child fills a 4×4 grid with sums from the doubles list — 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20 — repeating some and skipping others as they like, or uses one of the ready-made boards. You draw a card, they double it and cover the answer. One chip per turn, no moving a chip once placed. Four in a row wins. Letting children build their own board is a small thing that pays off: they have to think about which sums are worth betting on.
What you’ll need
- The printable Doubles Bingo boards, or a blank 4×4 grid per child
- 16 bingo chips per player
- A deck of cards with kings and jacks removed (ace = 1, queen = 0)
Skills practiced
Doubles facts to 10 + 10 and quick recall under the mild pressure of a group game.
Grade level
Kindergarten through 3rd grade. The same board works for any fact set — hand out a different list of sums and it becomes Two Less Bingo, or anything else you need.
Instant PDF download. Game instructions and printable boards adapted from the ideas in Math Fact Fluency by Jennifer Bay-Williams and Gina Kling (ASCD / NCTM, 2019).
