How to Calculate Bowling Scores
Let us work with a sample set of marks, in this case, uh hem, we will use my career high bowling score of 210! Alrighty, remember these two rules, for strikes, X, we add the next two scores, not frames, and for spares, /, we add the next score only. These are rules set for extra points; for strikes and spares, there are extra points. Oh yeah, there are a total of 10 pins standing. The box in each frame holds the first roll value, and the space to the direct right holds the next score, if needed to finish the pins of that frame. The total scores of each frame are calculated and placed at the bottom of the box. Lets look at the first frame, the number 1, it is a 9/. This means, I hit 9 pins the first bowl, and 1 pin the second bowl, to finish off to a spare. So this clearly is 10 points, but since it is a spare, the rule says, add the next score. We see the next score is an X, meaning I knocked them all down, a strike, and this counts as 10 obviously cause there are 10 pins. And since th
