Multiplication tables are one of the fundamental pieces of mathematical knowledge that most of us learned in school. This is because knowing your multiplication tables is not only useful in itself, but also forms one of the building blocks to learning more advanced mathematical skills. And, it is for this reason, even though pocket calculators and computers are commonplace, that today's students still learn multiplication tables in school.
When you were in school, chances are, that like me, the primary way, perhaps the only way, that your teachers taught multiplication tables was by constant repetition and recitation. We learned by rote. While it can't be denied that this was effective, today's teachers generally aim to incorporate more interesting and challenging activities into their classroom routines.
One such activity that an increasing number of teachers are adopting is the game of bingo, or, more specifically, educational variants of bingo. These games are played more or less like the standard game, the difference being that the bingo cards are printed with items relating to the particular lesson, rather than the usual numbers - teachers can easily prepare custom bingo cards with the help of their computer and some bingo card maker software. In the case of multiplication bingo, the cards are printed with multiplication sums, and the student's goal is not only to get a winning line, but also to find the correct answers to each problem in the line (an item only counts as checked, if the student has written in the correct answer).
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