GED
- CONTENTS OF THE GED TESTS
The
GED Tests include five tests: Language Arts-Writing
(including multiple choice and essay sections),
Language Arts-Reading, Science, Social Studies,
and Mathematics (including calculator and non-calculator
sections.) Time permitted for all tests totals 7
hours and 20 minutes. More information about each
part of the GED is given below:
LANGUAGE ARTS, WRITING, PART I
50 questions, 75 minutes
This test contains 50 multiple-choice questions
that require you to revise and edit workplace and
informational documents, focusing on organization,
sentence structure, usage, and mechanics.
LANGUAGE ARTS, WRITING PART II
Essay, 45 minutes
You are asked to write an essay about an issue or
subject of general interest. You may have to present
your opinion or explain your views about the topic.
The topic is assigned.
SOCIAL STUDIES 50
questions, 70 minutes
The questions are in a multiple choice format.
Most are based on written and visual texts about
history, geography, civics and government, and economics.
SCIENCE 50 questions,
80 minutes
Questions are in a multiple choice format. The science
test covers physical science, life science, and
earth and space science, requiring you to understand,
interpret, or apply information from text and from
graphs, charts, tables, and other graphics.
LANGUAGE ARTS, READING
40 questions, 65 minutes
All questions are in multiple choice format.
75% of the texts are literary and 25% are nonfiction. Reading
selections include poetry, drama, fiction, and workplace
documents.
MATHEMATICS, PART I 25 questions,
45 minutes
This section allows use of a calculator. A
particular calculator, the Casio fx260, is provided
for test-takers.
MATHEMATICS, PART II
25 questions, 45 minutes
This section is done without a calculator.
Math tests measure your understanding of math concepts
and your ability to apply them in real-world situations.
20% of the questions require you to generate your
own answer. The rest are multiple choice. The
test covers number operations, measurement and geometry,
data analysis, and algebra.
