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Subtraction Bingo

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Purpose:

You can help your child to recall subtraction basic facts up to 10 + 10. 

What you need:

  • Bingo Cards (PDF, 41KB)  You can print these or make your own.
  • 6 counters for each player - buttons, bottle tops, pebbles or shells. 

What to do:

Cut out the bingo question cards and place in a pile face down.
Give a bingo board to each player. 
Players take turns to take a bingo question, and read it out loud. Players answer the question out loud.
Encourage your child to answer the question as quickly as they can. 
Players who have the answer on their bingo board can cover it with a counter.
The winner is the first person to cover all the numbers on their bingo card and call “Bingo”.

What to expect your child to do:

To answer the subtraction questions quickly. They should progress to instantly recalling the answer.

Variation:

  • Swap bingo cards and play again.
  • Have a “caller” who reads the bingo questions.
  • Players can only cover the number on their bingo board if they are the first to answer the bingo question.
  • Play "Bingo" games using your home languages.

He Kupu Māori:

tekau
ten
tekau mā tahi
eleven
tekau mā rua
twelve
tekau mā waru
eighteen
tekau mā iwa
nineteen
papa tau
number board
subtract, take away
tango (hia)
subtraction
tangohanga
result/answer
otinga
porotiti
counter

He Whakawhitinga Kōrero:

  • Māu e tīmata. Tangohia tētahi kāri. (You can start. Take a card.)
  • Kei ahau ināianei. (My turn now.)
  • Kei a koe. (Your turn.)
  • Pānuihia mai tō tangohanga. (Read your subtraction.)
  • Tekau mā waru tangohia te ono, ka tekau mā rua. (18 take away 6 equals 12.)
  • Tanoghia te ono i te tekau mā waru. Ka hia tēnā? (Take 6 away from 18. How many is that?)
  • He aha te otinga? Kei te mōhio koe ki tēnā tangohanga? (What’s the answer? Do you know that subtraction?)
  • Mēnā kei a koe tēnā otinga i tō papa tau, uhia ki te porotiti. (If you’ve got that one on your board, cover it with a counter.)
  • Mēnā kua uhia katoatia ō tau, karangatia ‘Bingo’! ko koe te toa. (If your numbers are all covered, call out Bingo! You are the winner.)

Download a file of this activity:

PDF (195KB)