GED Practice and Preparation
GED Practice and Exams
Having the right mindset is crucial to ones sucess when taking a GED exam as well as a practice test. The GED tests your thinking skills, not your memory. It tests your analyzation and problem solving skills that you have aquired throughout your life. The test itself is designed to see if you know how to apply these skills properly (thinking, writing nad problem solving skills). These are also the skills that are need for your success in school if you decide to further your education and in the workforce when you begin working. The most important factor in regards to your mindset is avoiding distractions including misleading answers in your answer choices. The wrong answer choices on a test are based on errors in reading or in reasoning. Example below:
Sophia borrowed $1000 for 2 years at 7 percent interest. How much did she have to pay back at the end of 24 months?
If you use the interest formula Interest=principal x rate x time, you will get $140 in interest. You can bet your money that 140 will be listed as an answer choice. But the question asks how much will she pay back at the end of 24 months. So now you know they want the total not just the interest so $140 is not an option. Then you must also know 24 months is equal to 2 years (1 year=12 months 2 years = 2 x 12 = 24months. So if the interest is 140 and she borrowed 1000 her total would be 1000 + 140 which is equal to $1140.
The proper mindset when answering questions is to put the questions in a form that makes sense to you. A form that helps you better understand the question. Here is a brief example: Which of the following would help reduce the level of cardon dioxide in the atmosphere and thus slow the gloabal warming trend?
Did you think something like the following? What would lower the amount of carbon dioxide in the air- which would then slow down the global warming?
GED Testing Strategies
Strategy 1: Read the passages carefully, and preview graphics to understand what they are telling you. Next begin to work on answering each question. Don’t rely on your memory, but do refer back to the material that you are provided with. Stratgey 2: Carefully skim questions first (not the answers) so that you know what question you need to answer from the reading or by looking at the graphics or images.
GED Test Taking Tips
An important tip of taking the test is to remember your place. For example if your on question 11 make sure your bubbling the answer for question 11 on your answer sheet. This can be very frustrating but it happens so be careful. Also never leave any answer choices blank. An unanswered question is always wrong. Try your best to reason out an answer. Process of elimination will definitely be to your benefit. Another tip is the better you prepare yourself for the [tag]GED test[/tag] the less stress you have. Learn to relax and reduce anxiety by preparing for this test well in advance, not weeks in advance months.
A GED Math Pretest Sample Question
A potter uses 3/5 pounds of clay in making a bowl. How many bowls could the potter make from 10 pounds of clay?
Take 3/5 which is .6 add .6 all the up to it equals about 10 the number will be ??
or Divide 10 by 3/5
10 / 3/5= 10 x 3/5= 50/3 = 16 2/3 or 16 and 2/3 can be rounded to 17 but the potter is only making whole bowls so it would be 16 bowls.
