There are typically 10 bowling pins in a standard ten-pin bowling game. These pins are arranged in a triangular formation with one pin in the first row, two in the second, three in the third, and four in the fourth row, making a total of ten pins set up before each player's turn.
Other forms of bowling use different numbers of pins:
- Nine-pin bowling uses 9 pins arranged in a diamond shape.
- Five-pin bowling, popular in Canada, uses 5 pins arranged in a V shape.
- Candlepin bowling also uses 10 pins but they are thinner and taller than ten-pin pins.
Therefore, the most common and well-known setup in bowling has 10 pins.
