It’s Friday, and things are slow at the office. To liven things up, you could create bingo cards in Excel, and organize a game during the lunch hour.
In this example, there are three cards, each with a set of random numbers. You’ll need one of those numbered ball popper machines though, or create a number selector in Excel.
The traditional bingo cards help in playing home games. They come with 5 x 5 grid with numbers ranging from one to seventy-five along with letters and a free centre square. They come in single, double or four bingo cards per page and one can utilize them according to the event. Our bingo cards include 28 pieces, 1 callout card, and 8 marker sheets. Each card measures 5”x5”. UNIQUE DESIGN & EASY TO USE. Complete a row and win!
Free Bingo Card Generator 5x5
Make Lists of Random Numbers
Bingo 5x5
To generate the random numbers, there are three sets of lists on the Numbers sheet. In each set, there are typed numbers 1-75, with the formula =RAND() in the adjacent column.
When you press the F9 key, the sheet recalculates, and those random numbers change.
Add Random Numbers On Cards
On the three bingo cards, an INDEX/MATCH formula pulls the numbers from the random number tables.You can read more about the INDEX and MATCH functions on my website.
For example, this formula is used in cell E2:
=INDEX(Numbers!$M$1:$M$15,MATCH(LARGE(
Numbers!$N$1:$N$15,ROW()-1),Numbers!$N$1:$N$15,0))
The same number might appear on all three cards, but each card uses a separate lookup table of random numbers. With all that randomness (is that a word?), the 3 cards should never be exactly the same.
Print the Bingo Cards in Excel
The cards are formatted to print three per sheet, on letter sized paper.
After you print each set of three cards, press the F9 key to generate a new set of numbered cards.
Download the Sample File
Bingo 5x5 Grid
- You can download the zipped Bingo Card Excel file, from my web site. Enjoy your lunch hour, and if you create a random number selector, let me know.
- There is a new Bingo Cards With Pictures sample file for you to download. Go to the Excel Sample files page on my website. On that page, go to the Functions section, and look for FN0045 - Excel Bingo Card With Pictures
- [Update] This is a new Bingo Card Creator file that uses numbers 1 to 100. Go to the Excel Sample files page on my website, and in the Functions section, look for FN0068 - Bingo Card 1 to 100
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