GED Test Study Guide

    GED Test Study Guide 1 Copyright © StudyGuideZone.com. All rights reserved. .    Table of Contents   GED TEST RESOURCES ...................................................................................................................... 5   SOCIAL STUDIES, LITERATURE & THE ARTS ....................................................................... 6   SOCIAL STUDIES, LITERATURE & THE ARTS ....................................................................... 6   S TRATEGY 1:   F LYING O VER THE P ASSAGE ............................................................................................ 6   S TRATEGY 2:   C REATING A T ENTATIVE S UMMARY ................................................................................. 7   S TRATEGY 3:   O PENINGS AND E NDINGS  ................................................................................................ 8   S TRATEGY 4:   U SING K ITCHEN L OGIC .................................................................................................... 8   S TRATEGY 5:   G ETTING INTO THE A UTHOR ’  S M IND .............................................................................. 9   S TRATEGY 6:   E MOTIONAL W ORDS ......................................................................................................... 9   S TRATEGY 7:   F INDING THE K EY W ORDS ............................................................................................. 11   S TRATEGY 8:   M AKING P ROPER I NFERENCES ....................................................................................... 12   S TRATEGY 9:   A PPLYING I DEAS FOR G ENERALIZATIONS ..................................................................... 13   S TRATEGY 10:   U SING C ONTEXT C LUES ............................................................................................. 13   S TRATEGY 11:   B REAKING D OWN P ASSAGE O RGANIZATION ............................................................. 14   S TRATEGY 12:   F IRST W ORD A NALYSIS  ............................................................................................. 16   S TRATEGY 13:   U NDERSTANDING THE I NTIMIDATION ......................................................................... 17   S TRATEGY 14:   F INDING YOUR O PTIMAL P ACE ................................................................................... 17   S TRATEGY 15:   D ON ’  T BE A P ERFECTIONIST ........................................................................................ 19   S TRATEGY 16:   F ACTUALLY C ORRECT ,  BUT A CTUALLY W RONG  ......................................................... 20   S TRATEGY 17:   D IFFERENT V IEWPOINTS  ............................................................................................. 20   S TRATEGY 18:   E XTRANEOUS I NFORMATION ...................................................................................... 22   MATHEMATICS ..................................................................................................................................... 23   N UMBER T YPES ....................................................................................................................................... 23   Integers, Odd and Even Numbers, Prime Numbers, Digits .......................................... 23   A DDITION AND M ULTIPLICATION OF O DD AND E VEN N UMBERS ........................................................ 23   P ERCENT .................................................................................................................................................. 24   Percent less than 100 ................................................................................................................. 24   Percent Greater than 100 ......................................................................................................... 24   Percent less than 1 ...................................................................................................................... 24   Percent Increase/Decrease ....................................................................................................... 25   A VERAGE  ................................................................................................................................................. 25   2 Copyright © StudyGuideZone.com. All rights reserved. .    W EIGHTED A VERAGE .............................................................................................................................. 26    Average Speed  .............................................................................................................................. 27    P ROPERTIES OF S IGNED N UMBERS ....................................................................................................... 27   F ACTORING .............................................................................................................................................. 28   P ROBABILITY ........................................................................................................................................... 28   G EOMETRIC F IGURES ............................................................................................................................. 29   G EOMETRIC S KILLS AND C ONCEPTS ..................................................................................................... 31   Properties of Parallel Lines ....................................................................................................... 31    Angle Relationships ..................................................................................................................... 32   Side Relationships ........................................................................................................................ 33   A REA AND P ERIMETER ............................................................................................................................ 35   Rectangles ....................................................................................................................................... 35   Circles ............................................................................................................................................... 35   Triangles .......................................................................................................................................... 36    V OLUME ................................................................................................................................................... 36   C OORDINATE G EOMETRY ....................................................................................................................... 37   SCIENCE .................................................................................................................................................. 39   S TRATEGY 1:   U NDERSTANDING C HARTS AND T ABLES ....................................................................... 39   S TRATEGY 2:   W HEN V AGUENESS IS C LEAR ........................................................................................ 40   S TRATEGY 3:   A VOIDING D EFINITES ..................................................................................................... 41   S TRATEGY 4:   U SING C OMMON S ENSE ................................................................................................. 42   S TRATEGY 5:   I NSTINCTS ARE R IGHT  ................................................................................................... 43   S TRATEGY 6:   N O F EAR .......................................................................................................................... 44   S TRATEGY 7:   L OOKING FOR THE C HANGES ......................................................................................... 44   S TRATEGY 8:   Q UICK C HECKS ............................................................................................................... 45   S TRATEGY 9:   L OOKING FOR M ATCHES  ................................................................................................ 46   S TRATEGY 10:   I NFORMATION IS P ROVIDED FOR A R EASON .............................................................. 47   S TRATEGY 11:   W ATCHING FOR S IMILAR R EWORDING  ...................................................................... 48   S TRATEGY 12:   D ON ’  T G ET T HROWN O FF BY N EW I NFORMATION .................................................... 49   S TRATEGY 13:   N ARROWING THE S EARCH ........................................................................................... 49   S TRATEGY 14:   W HAT A BOUT THE O PPOSITE ...................................................................................... 50   S TRATEGY 15:   Y OU ’  RE NOT E XPECTED TO BE E INSTEIN .................................................................... 51   S TRATEGY 16:   I DENTIFYING THE K EY C OMPONENT  ........................................................................... 52   S TRATEGY 17:   F ULFILLING ALL THE R EQUIREMENTS .......................................................................... 53   S TRATEGY 18:   W HEN I T D OESN ’  T M AKE S ENSE –   C HECK I T S YSTEMATICALLY ............................. 53   3 Copyright © StudyGuideZone.com. All rights reserved. .    WRITING SKILLS ............................................................................................................................... 55   S TRATEGY 1:   P LANNING S TAGE  ........................................................................................................... 55   S TRATEGY 2:   S TICKING TO THE P LAN .................................................................................................. 55   S TRATEGY 3:   R EVIEWING THE P LAN .................................................................................................... 57   S TRATEGY 4:   B RAINSTORMING S MART ................................................................................................ 57   S TRATEGY 5:   M AKING THE C UTS  ......................................................................................................... 59   S TRATEGY 6:   E NDING AT THE S TART .................................................................................................. 60   S TRATEGY 7:   S TAYING C ONSISTENT  ................................................................................................... 61   S TRATEGY 8:   M AINTAINING THE F LOW ................................................................................................ 62   S TRATEGY 9:   B ACKING UP Y OUR P OINTS ............................................................................................ 62   S TRATEGY 10:   U SING P ROPER G RAMMAR ........................................................................................... 63   S TRATEGY 11:   W ATCHING Y OUR V OCABULARY .................................................................................. 64   S TRATEGY 12:   A VOIDING T UNNEL V ISION ......................................................................................... 65   S TRATEGY 13:   J UST D O I T ................................................................................................................... 66   S TRATEGY 14:   C ONCLUSION IS R EVIEW ............................................................................................. 67   S TRATEGY 15:   C OMMUNICATING R EASON ,  NOT P ASSION ................................................................ 67   S TRATEGY 16:   A NSWERING THE W HY ? ............................................................................................... 68   S TRATEGY 17:   A POSTROPHES .............................................................................................................. 69   Possessive Nouns ......................................................................................................................... 69   Possessive Personal Pronouns vs. Contractions ............................................................... 70   S TRATEGY 18:   C OMMA E RRORS .......................................................................................................... 71   S TRATEGY 19:   P ROBLEMS W ITH R EFERENCES ................................................................................... 73   S TRATEGY 20:   P ROBLEMS W ITH A GREEMENT  .................................................................................... 75   S TRATEGY 21:   L ACK OF P ARALLELISM ................................................................................................. 77   S TRATEGY 22:   M ISCELLANEOUS P ROBLEMS  ....................................................................................... 79   4 Copyright © StudyGuideZone.com. 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