GED Test Study Guide
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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
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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
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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
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