GED® Tests
What are GED tests like?
Five separate tests make up the battery of tests. Test questions range in difficulty from easy to hard, and cover a wide range of subjects. All the questions on four of the parts are multiple choice with five possible answers given. Part II of the Writing Skills Tests does require you to write an essay.
The content of these tests are as follows:
Writing Skills, Part I (50 questions, 75 minutes)
Organization
Sentence Structure
Usage
Mechanics
Writing Skills, Part II (45 minutes)
Essay
Social Studies (50 questions, 70 minutes)
History
Geography
Civics and Government
Economics
Science (50 questions, 80 minutes)
Life Science
Earth and Space Science
Physical Sciences
Language Arts, Reading (40 questions, 60 minutes)
Comprehension
Application
Analysis
Synthesis
Mathematics (50 questions, 90 minutes)
Number Operations
Measurement/Geometry
Data Analysis/Statistics
Algebra
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