GED Test: 1,001 Practice Questions For Dummies
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1,001 practice opportunities for passing the GED test
Ready to take the GED test? Get a head start on a high score with 1,001 GED Test Practice Questions For Dummies. Inside, you'll find 1,001 practice questions on all four sections of the GED test: Mathematical Reasoning, Science, Social Studies, and Reading & Language Arts. All of the question types and formats you'll encounter on the exam are here, so you can study, practice, and increase your chances of scoring higher on the big day.
Earning a passing score on the GED test will boost your self-esteem, enable you to continue your education, and qualify you for better-paying jobs—it's a win-win! If you're preparing for this important exam, there are 1,001 opportunities in this guide to roll up your sleeves, put your nose to the grindstone, and get the confidence to perform your very best.
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Stuart Donnelly, PhD, earned his doctorate in mathe-matics from Oxford University at the age of 25. Since then, he has established successful tutoring services in both Hong Kong and the United States and is considered by leading educators to be one of the most experienced and qualified private tutors in the country.
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Getting your GED will show that you have the skills and knowledge necessary to handle to rigors of college or professional employment. One of the best ways to maximize your exam performance is to continually expose yourself to questions that mimic the ones you’ll encounter on the GED. The following are the four sections on the test: Reasoning Through Language Arts, Mathematical Reasoning, Social Studies, and Science.
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Getting your GED will show that you have the skills and knowledge necessary to handle to rigors of college or professional employment. One of the best ways to maximize your exam performance is to continually expose yourself to questions that mimic the ones you’ll encounter on the GED. The following are the four sections on the test: Reasoning Through Language Arts, Mathematical Reasoning, Social Studies, and Science.
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The GED Math test will probably contain questions that ask you to work with the circumference and area formulas for a circle. As you'll see in the following practice questions, some of these problems will be a little more involved than simply plugging in numbers.
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A large circular pizza has an 18-inch diameter and is cut into 8 equal slices.
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Word problems abound on the GED Math test, so you’ll need to know how to figure out what they are asking you to find, convert the question into a mathematical equation (or equations), and then solve them.
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Jim rented a lawnmower from 9:00 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. He paid a total of $53.04. What was the hourly rental fee?
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Questions on the GED Math test that deal with factors and least common multiples may appear as straightforward questions, or they may be hidden in a word problem.The following practice questions each offer a different challenge: first, a word problem that indirectly asks you to find the lowest common multiple of two numbers; then, a two-part problem that asks you to find and compare the prime factors for a series of numbers.
When you work with fractions on the GED Math test, you'll often have to reduce them to their lowest common denominator to find the correct answer. The following practice questions will test your reducing skills.
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Four hundred eighty yards is what fraction of a mile? (1 mile = 1,760 yards)Tim measures the lengths of four cats' tails and records his results in the following table.
Function problems on the GED Math test can often be solved using substitution. In the following practice questions, you're first asked to find the value of a function f (x), and then the value of x.
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Both questions are based on the following function.f (x) = x2 – 4x
What is the value of the function when x = –4?
Graphical data questions are common on the GED Math test, and may involve graphs, histograms, tables, and number lines. In the following practice questions, you're first asked to evaluate a graph that shows the relationship between a patient's sugar intake and their blood sugar level, and then to build and solve an equation from a number line.
Inequality problems on the GED Math test often involve isolating a variable, but they may also simply ask you to convert a statement into its equivalent mathematical form. The following practice questions ask you to do both.
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What is the correct way of writing "x is less than 5 but greater than or equal to –3"?
Word problems on the GED Math test that involve interest rates are usually straightforward. However, you will need to be familiar with the interest rate formula.
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Arnold invested $700 in a savings account. After one year, his account balance was $726.25. What percent annual interest did his bank pay?
Some questions on the GED Math test will ask you to extract information from a collection of data. For example, you might have to find the mean, median, or mode—and sometimes all three.
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Both questions are based on the following information.Ten students took a math quiz that consisted of 10 questions.
The GED Math test has a lot of questions where you’ll need to solve a mathematical expression (no surprise there), so you’ll need to know your order of operations to get the right answer.
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What is the value of 6x – 3y2 when x = 12 and y = –5?A. –153
B. 297
C. –3
D. 147
Simplify the following:A.
Percentage questions on the GED Math test will generally ask you to compare different quantities. In the following practice questions, you're asked to calculate a percentage change over time, and then to calculate a percentage of a total amount.
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A plane has a seating capacity of 160 passengers, 40 in first class and the rest in economy class.
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Some questions on the GED Math test will take geometry problems to the next level by combining two-dimensional shapes and asking you to calculate their total perimeter or area.
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Both questions are based on the following image, which shows a rectangle with a semicircular top.
What is the perimeter of the shape?
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If the GED Math test gives you a question involving the perimeter or area of a rectangle, you'll save time if you memorize those formulas beforehand. The following practice questions will let you know if you need to refresh your memory.
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Both questions are based on the following rectangle.
What is the area of the rectangle?
Some questions on the GED Math text will ask you to plot points based on information in a chart, or you may need to find the slope of a line using the slope formula. The following practice questions offer a typical example of each type of problem.
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Both questions are based on the following information.
Probability questions on the GED Math text will often ask you to calculate single or multiple probabilities. The following practice questions ask you to do one of each type.
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Both questions are based on the following information.The probability that it will snow during the next three days is given in the following table.
One or two questions on the GED Math test will ask you to find an unknown quantity of something, using a proportional relationship. The following practice questions ask you to do this by setting up a proportion where you are given three related values and you have to find the missing fourth value.
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On a sunny day, a tree casts a shadow that is 33 feet long.
Quadratic equation problems on the GED Math test will generally require you to isolate the variable (usually x) and then solve for it. Some questions may just ask you to find the factored equation.
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If x2 + 3x = 10, which of the following is a possible value of x?A. –2
B. 5
C. 7
D. –5
Which of the following shows the correct factorization of the quadratic equation x2 – 2x – 24 = 0?
Radical problems on the GED Math test usually involve simplifying and reducing terms to find the answer. These questions are easy to recognize because they always include a radical symbol:
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The radical
is between which numbers?A. 10 and 11
B. 11 and 12
C. 14 and 15
D. 64 and 65
Simplify the radical,completely.
Some questions on the GED Math test will ask you to compare two or more amounts and reduce them to their lowest terms—this is how you find their ratios.
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The U.S. Senate has 100 senators. In 2015, only 20 senators were female. What is the ratio of female senators to male senators? (Note: You may not use a calculator.
If you understand the Pythagorean theorem, then you should have no trouble answering questions on the GED Math test that deal with right-triangle problems.If you can't recognize a right-triangle problem, look for the word hypotenuse (that's a dead giveaway), or word problems that contain directions that are at a 90-degree angle from each other (like due north and due west).
Scientific notation makes it easier to work with extremely large or small numbers. Because these kinds of numbers appear with alarming frequency in scientific calculations, you can expect the GED Math exam to include questions that test your ability to work with scientific notation.
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What is the sum of(Note: You may not use a calculator.
Value substitution questions on the GED Math test are fairly straightforward: they ask you to substitute actual numbers for variables in an expression and find the answer. The important thing to remember here is order of operations, or PEMDAS.
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What is the value of 6x – 3y2 when x = 12 and y = –5?
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The GED Math test will throw some geometry questions at you that involve three-dimensional shapes like prisms. Usually, they will be in the form of a cube or box, as in the following practice questions.
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A cube has a surface area of 216 square inches. What is its volume in cubic inches?A. 6
B.
To prepare for questions on the GED Science test that deal with cell theory, you should understand the basic tenets of cell theory, and also be able to identify the different parts of a cell.
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Which organelle is found only in plant cells and helps the plant to produce its own food via photosynthesis?
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Each type of matter has a defining set of characteristics, and you can expect some questions on the GED Science exam to test your knowledge of what these characteristics are.
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Which of the following always stays the same when a chemical reaction takes place?A. the amount of gas
B. the number of molecules
C.
The GED Science test will very likely contain questions related to the field of chemistry. The following practice questions test your understanding of one of the most important things that a high school chemistry student will learn about: the periodic table.
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Use the following information to help answer both questions.
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The GED Science test will often contain questions about Earth's layers and landforms. The following practice questions deal with continental drift and plate tectonics.
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Use the following information for both practice questions.Scientists believe that Earth's continents were once joined together into a single landmass called Pangaea.
Earth’s atmosphere is a layer of gases—mostly nitrogen and oxygen—without which our planet would be in serious trouble. With this in mind, you can expect some questions on the GED Science test to cover this topic.
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Use the following information for both questions.Earth’s atmosphere can be divided into several layers, including the troposphere, the stratosphere, the mesosphere and ionosphere, and the thermosphere.
The Earth's ecosystem is an extremely rich and complex community of plants, animals, and other living things. The questions on the GED Science test that cover ecosystems will test your knowledge of important terms as well as how the different parts of an ecosystem interact.
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Which of the following is a way to combat global warming?
Some questions on the GED Science exam will test your knowledge of the laws of physics. The following practice questions focus on Newton’s law of motion.
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Use the following information for both questions.A student is testing out Newton’s laws of motion by applying different forces for 3 seconds to different-colored toy cars of the same mass (2 kg each).
To prepare for the GED Science test, you should have a basic understanding of the different types of energy, as well as the two main categories these energy types fall into: potential and kinetic.
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Complete the sentence by filling in the blanks.As an object falls from a table to the floor, it loses its stored (__________) energy and gains __________ energy as it begins to speed up.
The GED Science test will probably contain a few questions that test your knowledge and understanding of genetics. The following practice questions focus on using a Punnett square.
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Both practice questions are based on the following information.A gardener is interested in growing pea plants of a particular height.
Space science is an exciting and growing field, so you can expect to see some questions about the study and exploration of outer space on the GED Science test.
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Use the following information to answer the first practice question.Some of the stars you see in the night sky are so far away from Earth that the light from them has taken millions of years to reach you.
The GED Science test will contain questions that test your knowledge of how the human body works. These questions may focus on our internal systems—the digestive, circulatory, and metabolic systems are just a few—so you should have at least a basic knowledge of how these systems work and what they do.
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What is the name of the human body system consisting of the skin, hair, and nails that serves to protect the body from various kinds of damage, such as loss of water or abrasion, from the outside?
The theory of evolution is a well-established scientific theory that helps to explain the diversity of living things on our planet. Questions on the GED Science test that deal with evolution will be based on topics like the fossil record and analogous structures.
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Which of the following correctly represents the progression of life on Earth according to the fossil record, from earliest life forms to the most recent?
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