Where our facts come from
Everything we say about the GED test itself (how many questions, the time limit, calculator rules, the passing score, what’s on the formula sheet) comes from what GED Testing Service or the American Council on Education has published. That means the Assessment Guide for Educators, the GED Policy Manual, the official formula sheet and ged.com.
We link each fact to the GED Testing Service page it comes from, right in the sentence where we use it, so you can check it yourself in one tap. If you spot a fact here that you think a reader would want to check and it has no link, please tell us.
What we do when there’s no official answer
Some things simply aren’t published. GED Testing Service doesn’t publish a table that turns your number of right answers into the 100 to 200 score. It doesn’t publish current pass rates by subject, and it doesn’t say whether you can go back to the no-calculator questions after moving on.
When there’s no official answer, we say so instead of filling the gap with a number that sounds sure of itself. When we give an estimate, we show how we got it and call it an estimate. A page that tells you exactly how many questions you can miss is guessing, however precise it sounds.
How the practice questions are made
We don’t have real GED questions, and neither does any other practice site, because the live test questions are kept secure. Ours are original, and they’re generated fresh: each question is built when you press start, with its own numbers, story, answer choices and worked solution.
Because the question and its answer are worked out together, the answer key can’t fall out of step with the question. Every question generator is also run thousands of times by an automatic check before the site goes live. The site won’t build if any question has no correct choice, two identical choices, a missing explanation or an answer outside the allowed range.
We write questions to match the skills listed in the official Assessment Guide, so the topics and formats line up with the real test even though every word is ours.
Who writes this
Lessons and explanations come from our teaching team, and the about page says who that is. We don’t make up credentials, and we don’t say a page has been reviewed unless it has.
Corrections
If you find a wrong answer, a confusing explanation or an out-of-date fact, tell us. We’ll fix it and note the change. In math, a mistake can be shown step by step, so if you can show the working, you’re right and we’ll change the page.
How we make money
The practice tests, explanations, formula sheet and study guide are free, and you don’t need an account to use them. We sell a video course, and we say so clearly wherever we mention it. We don’t take money to recommend anyone else’s product, and no page here is sponsored.