GED Math Blueprint · Online course · Opening soon
GED Math Course Online: 43 video lessons, weakest topics first
Most GED math books start at page one. GED Math Blueprint starts with the topics that cost you points, with 43 step-by-step video lessons taught by Coach Crissy, in about 5 hours a week.
- 43 video lessons
- 8-week roadmap
- Practice tests and questions
- Lifetime access
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What students said
“I'm just starting the course but it's the best I've seen so far. The videos explain the steps with clarity. It's what I needed.”
“I love how they break the problems down and show you how to do them. This course is helping me so much. I feel even more prepared to retake GED Math. Thanks!”
“I like the clear communication. As a non-native English speaker, being able to understand everything in the course is a good thing, and I thank you guys for that!”
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- 43video lessons
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- 8weeks in the plan
- hours a week
- ~5hours a week
- official content areas covered
- 4official content areas covered
Why a course
Why the GED math test stops so many people
Before we built GED Math Blueprint, we asked GED students what was stopping them from getting their GED. The answer we heard most was the math test. The official numbers agree: GED Testing Service staff have reported that roughly 80 to 82% of people who had passed three of the four subjects still needed math. We heard the same questions again and again:
- “I have no idea what to study and what is on the math test.”
- “I start studying for the math test, but I never follow through. What should I do to stick with it?”
- “I have bought tons of math books and gone through all of them. I still don't get it. What am I doing wrong?”
If any of those sound like you, you’re not doing anything wrong. There’s too much information out there and no clear place to start. Hunting for the perfect book can feel like progress while it puts off the studying itself. A thick book of questions won’t fix that on its own either. What works is finding your weak areas and improving them one at a time.
“I'm doing fractions with ease this week thanks to this course.”
How the course works
First, find your weakest area. Then, build knowledge around it.
Instead of working through a book cover to cover, or jumping around at random, you follow a plan.
Find your weakest area
Practice tests show what you’re good at and where your weaknesses are. If you already know a topic, you skip the review and keep your time for the topics that cost you points. You can start today with the free full-length practice test.
Build knowledge around it
Study your weakest topics and the ones connected to them. That’s where most of your study time should go, and it’s where your score moves fastest. The video lessons teach each topic step by step, and practice sets check that it stuck.
- A system for finding your weakest areas
- A system for building knowledge around each weakness
- A system that tells you whether you're on the right track, and what to fix if you're not
- A system for the highest score you can reach, or for passing in as little time as possible: your choice
“I like how easy it is to comprehend.”
Curriculum
GED math course curriculum, week by week
43 video lessons over seven weeks, then a week of full practice tests.
- Week 14 lessons
Number sense and problem solving
- Arithmetic with whole numbers
- Solving word problems
- Distance, time and average speed
- Calculating total cost with a unit rate
- Week 24 lessons
Decimals and fractions
- Decimal basics
- Changing between improper and mixed form
- Practice with fraction and mixed-number arithmetic
- Changing between decimals and fractions
- Week 33 lessons
Ratio, proportion and percent
- Ratios and proportions
- Percents and the percent formula
- Operations with percents
- Week 47 lessons
Data, probability and statistics
- Understanding data in tables and graphs
- Mean, median, mode and range
- Dot plots, histograms and box plots
- Weighted average
- Probability of simple, compound and complementary events
- Probability of independent and dependent events
- Permutations and combinations
- Week 59 lessons
Algebra basics, expressions and polynomials
- Arithmetic with signed numbers
- Exponents and roots
- Converting numbers to scientific notation
- Order of operations
- What monomials and polynomials are
- Adding, subtracting and multiplying polynomials
- Dividing polynomials with long and synthetic division
- Factoring polynomial expressions
- When a numerical expression is undefined
- Week 69 lessons
Equations, inequalities and functions
- Solving multi-step equations
- Solving a rational equation
- Solving two-step inequalities
- Using the quadratic formula
- Solving a quadratic equation by factoring
- Ordered pairs on the coordinate plane
- Linear equations: intercepts, standard form and graphing
- Calculating the slope of a line
- Interpreting systems of linear equations graphically
- Week 77 lessons
Geometry
- The Pythagorean theorem
- Perimeter and area
- Area and circumference of circles
- Volume
- Surface area
- Combined figures: perimeter, area and volume
- Reading and interpreting scale drawings
- Week 8
Put it all together
- Full GED math practice tests
- Practice tests for each lesson
- Practice questions by subject
How the course maps to the GED math test
The GED Mathematical Reasoning test reports your score in four content areas, and the course teaches all four. See what is on the GED math test for the full breakdown and question types.
| Content area on the test | Share | Where the course teaches it |
|---|---|---|
| Quantitative problem solving with rational numbers | 25% | Weeks 1, 2 and 3, plus signed numbers and exponents in week 5 |
| Quantitative problem solving in measurement | 20% | Weeks 4 and 7 |
| Algebraic problem solving with expressions and equations | 30% | Weeks 5 and 6 |
| Algebraic problem solving with graphs and functions | 25% | Week 6: the coordinate plane, slope, linear equations and systems |
How long does it take to study for GED math?
Short answer: it depends on where you start. GED Math Blueprint is built around 8 weeks at about 5 hours a week, around 40 hours in total: 2 hours of video lessons and 3 hours of practice each week.
How long you need depends on how long it’s been since you did math in school, and how much time you can give it each week. GED Testing Service says that studying 2 to 3 times a week can get you ready to pass in just a few months, and it suggests a 3 to 4 month plan for all four subjects together.
Because the course starts with your weakest topics, you don’t spend weeks reviewing what you already know. If a practice test shows you’re strong in an area, skip ahead. If a busy month gets in the way, lifetime access means the lessons are still there when you come back.
GED math classes online: your options
There’s more than one good way to prepare. Here’s how the main options compare.
| Option | How you learn | Pace | Good for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free practice (this site) | Full-length practice tests, short topic sets and a worked explanation for every answer | Any time, no sign-up | Finding your weak spots and checking whether you're ready |
| GED prep books | Reading, worked examples and practice questions on paper | Self-paced | People who like to learn from print |
| Live online classes | Scheduled, teacher-led sessions; GED Testing Service runs its own, called GED Live | Fixed class times | People who want a timetable and a teacher in the room |
| GED Math Blueprint (this course) | Video lessons plus practice, ordered so your weakest topics come first | Self-paced, about 5 hours a week for 8 weeks | Retakers, rusty math skills and busy schedules |
Many people combine them: a course or class for teaching, and free practice sets to check each topic.
What the GED math course includes
43 in-depth video lessons
Each one teaches a topic that’s on the real test, worked step by step on screen.
Complete practice tests
Full-length tests that show how you'd do on the real one, plus a practice test for each lesson.
Hundreds of practice questions
Practice by subject, so you get comfortable with every area of the math test.
Built to make you take action
Most of us have started something excited and then run out of steam. The course comes in short chunks, so you always know what to do next, and it points you to the areas you need most so it doesn’t pile up on you.
Lifetime access and free updates
If you can’t take your test when you planned, the course is still there. The material is waiting in a month, a year, whenever you need it. Log back in and pick up where you left off.
Fits around your life
The course isn’t meant to take over your life. About 5 hours a week fits around family, a job and the weeks when everything happens at once.
A look at three of the lessons
What they cover. The videos open with the course, and you can practice each topic free right now:
Decimal basics
How to work with decimals: rounding, ordering and computing with decimal numbers.
Practice this topic free →Mean, median, mode and range
The simple steps for finding the mean, median, mode and range of a data set.
Practice this topic free →The Pythagorean theorem
What the Pythagorean theorem says and where to apply it on the test.
Practice this topic free →GED Math Blueprint reviews from students
“It's the best I've seen so far”
“I'm just starting the course but it's the best I've seen so far. The videos explain the steps with clarity. It's what I needed.”
“This course is helping me so much”
“I love how they break the problems down and show you how to do them. This course is helping me so much. I feel even more prepared to retake GED Math. Thanks!”
“I like the clear communication”
“I like the clear communication. As a non-native English speaker, being able to understand everything in the course is a good thing, and I thank you guys for that!”
“I love the explanations”
“I love the explanations.”
Why it’s worth 8 weeks
Math is often the last subject standing between you and your GED. Five reasons to finish it:
- 1Find a better careerEven if you have a job now, a GED opens up more jobs you can apply for, and better ones. If you plan to stay where you are, it can also help when a promotion or a raise comes up.
- 2Raise your self-esteemIt might sound corny, but earning your GED feels good. It's proof, to other people and to yourself, that you can set a goal and reach it.
- 3Be a role modelIf you have kids, or plan to, earning your GED shows them that learning matters to you, and that it's never too late.
- 4Continue your educationIf you want to go to college or get a trade certificate, your GED is the first step.
- 5Earn more moneyA GED lets you apply for jobs that were closed to you before, and better jobs usually pay better.
GED math course FAQ
Is there a free GED math course?
Everything on BooknBoost except this course is free: a full-length GED math practice test, 25-question practice sets for every topic, the formula sheet explained, a study guide and a printable practice test PDF. GED Math Blueprint adds video lessons in a set order, for people who want someone to walk them through each topic.
How long does the GED math course take?
The plan is 8 weeks at about 5 hours a week: 2 hours of video lessons and 3 hours of practice. You get lifetime access, so if life gets in the way you can pause and pick up where you left off.
What does the GED math course cover?
Every topic on the GED Mathematical Reasoning test: number sense, fractions and decimals, ratios and percents, data and probability, algebra and polynomials, equations, inequalities and functions, and geometry. Week 8 is full practice tests.
When does the course open, and how much will it cost?
It isn't open yet. Join the waitlist and we'll email you the day it opens, with the price. The waitlist is free and you can leave it any time.
Who teaches the course?
The video lessons are taught on screen by Coach Crissy, who works through GED-style problems step by step.
8 weeks from now, where will you be?
You could have a plan for the math test and a passing practice score behind you. Join the waitlist and we’ll tell you the day GED Math Blueprint opens.
While you wait, everything else is free: the full-length practice test, study guide and the printable practice test PDF.