How is Score Kept in Bowling?
Score is kept in bowling by adding the number of pins knocked down. Scores can be multiplied by accumulating strikes and spares, that is, knocking all of the pins down in one frame. A perfect game in bowling is a score of 300 through ten frames. Though a bowler may only knock down a maximum of 120 pins in a game, a score of 300 may be achieved through the additional bonus scores obtained by strikes and spares. In general, one point is scored for each pin knocked down in bowling. If a bowler throws the ball and knocks down one pin, they score 1. If they knock down 6 pins on the second throw of the first frame, the score for frame one is (1 + 6) 7. If on the next frame, the bowler achieves a 5 and a 3, the score for frame two is (5 + 3) 8. The combined score for the first two frames of bowling is then (7 + 8) 15. The score is kept in this manner all the way through ten frames. The cumulative score at the end of ten frames of bowling is the total.
