Every skill on the GED math test
101 skills, grouped the way the official score report groups them, each with a practice set that generates new questions every time. The skills marked as no-calculator are the ones most likely to appear in the opening section of the test.
Quantitative problem solving with rational numbers
25% of the testNumber sense and operations
- Absolute value and distance on a number lineno calc
Q.1.d · multiple choice
- Adding and subtracting signed numbersno calc
Q.2.a · multiple choice
- Converting units within a measurement system
Q.3.c · multiple choice
- Evaluating expressions with integersno calc
A.1.b · fill in
- Least common multiple and greatest common factor
Q.1.b · fill in
- Order of operationsno calc
Q.2.e · multiple choice
- Rounding and estimating
Q.2.a · multiple choice
- Sign rules for signed numbers
Q.2.a · drop-down
Fractions, decimals and percents
- Adding and subtracting fractions with unlike denominatorsno calc
Q.2.a · multiple choice
- Comparing fractions, decimals and percentsno calc
Q.1.c · drag and drop
- Compound interest
Q.3.d · fill in
- Converting among fractions, decimals and percentsno calc
Q.1.c · drop-down
- Finding a percent of a numberno calc
Q.3.c · multiple choice
- Finding the original price before a discount or markup
Q.3.c · multiple choice
- Finding what percent one number is of another
Q.3.c · fill in
- Multiplying and dividing fractions and mixed numbersno calc
Q.2.a · multiple choice
- Percent increase and decrease
Q.2.a · multiple choice
- Percent increase and percent decrease
Q.2.a · drop-down
- Sales tax and tip on a bill
Q.3.c · multiple choice
- Simple interest with I = Prt
Q.3.d · multiple choice
Ratios, rates and proportions
- Comparing unit prices to find the better buy
Q.3.a · multiple choice
- Distance, rate and time with d = rt
Q.3.d · fill in
- Scale drawings, maps and models
Q.3.b · multiple choice
- Scaling a recipe up or downno calc
Q.3.b · drag and drop
- Solving a proportion for a missing valueno calc
Q.3.a · multiple choice
- Unit ratesno calc
Q.3.a · fill in
Exponents, roots and scientific notation
- Comparing numbers in scientific notation
Q.2.e · drag and drop
- Converting between standard and scientific notationno calc
Q.2.e · multiple choice
- Cubes and cube roots
Q.2.c · fill in
- Product, quotient and power rules for exponentsno calc
Q.1.c · multiple choice
- Simplifying and evaluating powers
Q.1.c · drop-down
- Squares and square roots in context
Q.2.b · multiple choice
Quantitative problem solving in measurement
20% of the testGeometry and measurement
- Area and circumference of a circle
Q.4.b · multiple choice
- Area of a composite figure
Q.4.d · multiple choice
- Area of a parallelogram
Q.4.c · fill in
- Area of a rectangle or squareno calc
Q.4.a · multiple choice
- Area of a trapezoid
Q.4.c · fill in
- Area of a triangle
Q.4.a · multiple choice
- Finding a cylinder's height from its volume
Q.5.b · drop-down
- Perimeter in context
Q.4.a · fill in
- Pythagorean theorem
Q.5.a · multiple choice
- Pythagorean theorem in context
Q.4.e · multiple choice
- Scale drawings and actual measurements
Q.3.b · fill in
- Surface area of a cylinder
Q.5.b · multiple choice
- Surface area of a rectangular prism
Q.5.a · multiple choice
- Volume of a cone
Q.5.d · multiple choice
- Volume of a cylinder
Q.5.c · multiple choice
- Volume of a rectangular prism
Q.5.a · multiple choice
- Volume of a sphere
Q.5.e · multiple choice
- Volumes of a prism, a pyramid and a cone
Q.5.d · drag and drop
Data, statistics and probability
- Comparing categories on a bar graphno calc
Q.6.a · multiple choice
- Comparing the center and spread of two data sets
Q.7.a · multiple choice
- Counting outcomes with the multiplication principleno calc
Q.8.a · drop-down
- Finding a missing value from a required mean
Q.7.a · fill in
- Mean of a data set
Q.7.a · fill in
- Mean of a data set shown in a table
Q.7.a · multiple choice
- Median of a data set with an even number of values
Q.7.a · multiple choice
- Mode and range from a dot plotno calc
Q.7.a · drop-down
- Probability of a single event and comparing likelihoodsno calc
Q.8.b · drag and drop
- Probability of the complement of an eventno calc
Q.8.b · fill in
- Probability of two dependent events (no replacement)no calc
Q.8.b · multiple choice
- Probability of two independent eventsno calc
Q.8.b · multiple choice
- Reading a circle graph given as percents
Q.6.a · multiple choice
- Reading counts from a dot plotno calc
Q.6.b · multiple choice
- Totals and differences from a two-column table
Q.6.c · fill in
- Weighted average
Q.7.a · multiple choice
Algebraic problem solving with expressions and equations
30% of the testExpressions and polynomials
- Adding and subtracting polynomialsno calc
A.1.d · multiple choice
- Combining like termsno calc
A.1.a · multiple choice
- Evaluating an expression for given valuesno calc
A.1.b · fill in
- Factoring a quadratic trinomialno calc
A.1.f · multiple choice
- Factoring out the greatest common factorno calc
A.1.f · drop-down
- Multiplying two binomialsno calc
A.1.d · multiple choice
- Writing an expression from a descriptionno calc
A.1.c · multiple choice
Equations and inequalities
- Modeling a situation with a quadratic and solving it
A.4.b · multiple choice
- Rearranging a formula to isolate a variableno calc
A.2.a · drop-down
- Solving a linear inequalityno calc
A.3.a · multiple choice
- Solving a quadratic equation by factoringno calc
A.4.a · multiple choice
- Solving a system of two linear equationsno calc
A.2.d · multiple choice
- Solving equations with fractions or decimalsno calc
A.2.a · fill in
- Solving equations with the variable on both sidesno calc
A.2.a · drag and drop
- Solving one-step equationsno calc
A.2.a · fill in
- Solving two-step equationsno calc
A.2.a · drop-down
- Writing and solving an equation from a situation
A.2.b · fill in
Algebraic problem solving with graphs and functions
25% of the testFunctions and graphing
- Comparing linear functions in different forms
A.7.d · multiple choice
- Deciding whether a table is linearno calc
A.5.b · multiple choice
- Evaluating functions in function notationno calc
A.7.c · multiple choice
- Finding intercepts from an equationno calc
A.5.e · multiple choice
- Identifying a point on a lineno calc
A.5.d · multiple choice
- Interpreting slope and intercept in contextno calc
A.5.e · drop-down
- Matching a graph to its equationno calc
A.5.d · multiple choice
- Plotting a point from an equationno calc
A.5.a · hot spot
- Plotting points on the coordinate planeno calc
A.5.d · hot spot
- Reading function values from a tableno calc
A.7.c · fill in
- Recognizing a function from a tableno calc
A.7.b · drop-down
- Slope from a graphno calc
A.5.b · multiple choice
- Slope from a table of valuesno calc
A.5.b · fill in
- Slope from two points
A.5.a · multiple choice
- Solving a system of equations by graphingno calc
A.2.d · hot spot
- Unit rate as the slope of a proportional relationship
A.5.c · fill in
- Writing a linear equation from a descriptionno calc
A.6.a · multiple choice
- Writing the equation of a line through two pointsno calc
A.6.b · multiple choice