Important GED Test Information

You can take the GED test at GED testing centers across the United States. Find test center listings at Scholarship Support’s GED Directory. Once you find the desired center they can provide you with additional support.
Taking the test will take approximately 3 hours, but it is broken down into 60 minute sections. There are over 3,000 Official GED Testing locations in the US and Canada. Some fees range from as low as $7.50 to approximately $80 and there is always an option for a waiver. Currently you can enroll in a GED preparation courses that will guide you through preparation and test taking. There are online colleges that will help you with GED preparation and testing:

GED Testing Accommodations

There are accommodations availabe for students who have disabilities. This will be taken
care of during your application process in which you specify your disabilities and required
accommodations. The minimum score on the GED test is 200 with a possible maximum of 800. A score of 800 is equivalent to being in the top 1% of graduating high school students. Generally a GED is considered the equivalent of a high school diploma.

GED Resources

Your primary GED resource should be the GED testing center that you will be testing at. This center will provide you with the proper application paper work and material that you need to review prior to taking the GED test. You want to make sure your well prepared for the GED test like any other test you need to study and take practice exams. Another good resource for information is a GED preparation book like one of the books listed immediately below this paragraph:

GED Preparation Time

With the right resources you can be ready to take and successfully complete a GED test in as little as 1 week. Thats right with good preparation you can be ready to test in no time. To ensure that your ready I recommend that you take a few practice tests and have scores in the upper 80-90%. This will do two things for you:

With that being said grab a preparation book or two and read, read, read. When your done with reading, review and take the practice test. If you want to take an electronic practice test then, go for the book that comes with the cd that you can put in your computer or cd/dvd player. Good Luck!

GED Sample Test

Today I am going to list questions from a GED Language Arts Reading Practice Test. Everyone is always seraching for a free GED practice test, look no further! Take your time and take the sample GED test below. Record your answers on a seperate sheet of paper or on the notepad program on your computer scree. Good Luck!

Language Arts & Reading Sample GED Test

Do Americans Eat too Much Fast Food?
A few years ago, in a moment of culinary cross-cultural crisis, the gracious owners of a Japanese restaurant offered my family their house delicacy. With a flourish and a smile, they palced before us an elegantly sliced and uncooked lobster tail.

Not only was the tail raw, but it share the plate with the body to which it had so recently been attached. Right above the creature’s eyes were two antennae. Still twitching.

This was the night I came up with Goodman’s First Rule for Dining: never eat anything while it’s watching you.

Now however, after reading Eric Schlosser’s “Fast Food Nation,” I look back on that dining adventure with something akin to nostalgia. He has convinced me that the problem isn’t that americans have to intimate a relationship with their dinner but rather too distant.

On any given day one-quarter of adult Americans eat at a fast-food restaurant. In any given week, the typical American downs three hamburgers and four orders of french fries. In any given month, 90 percent of American Children between the ages of 3 and 9 eat at a McDonald’s restaurant.

Despite the fact that we spend $110 billion a year on fast food- more than we do on Higher Education, software or new cars- few of us have any idea where the food comes from, how it gets to the plate, or what’s in it. We don’t raise it, we don’t harvest it, we don’t cook it. We just take it wrapped and ready.

“The whole experience of buying fast food has become so routine,” writes Schlosser, “so thoroughly unexceptional and mundane that it is now taken for granted, like brushing your teeth or stopping for a red light. It has become a social custom as American as a small, rectangular handheld, frozen and reheated apple pie.”

It’s Schlosser’s muck-and-Big-Mac-raking task to deconstruct the food- industrial complex. He shows that American impact not only on our eating habits but values.” The industry has created a cheap, expendable work force and a network on vast factory farms.
(From “If we are what we eat, we’re in trouble” by Ellen Goodman, Boston Globe, 2/11/01.)

1. Why did the auther include the example of the lobster at the beginning of the essay?

1) to contrast Japanese and American eating habits

2) to show her knowledge of other cultures

3) to explain what is wrong with eating animals

4) to ridicule the eating habits of some people

5) to strengthen her argument ofr more nutritious food

2) Which of the following actions would Schlosser most likely compare to buying a fast food meal?

1) planning a party for Saturday night

2) writing a letter to a friend

3) building a shelving unit

4) flipping a light switch

5) teaching a child how to tie his shoe

3) What is meant by the line “It’s Schlosser’s muck-and-Big-Mac-raking task” (last paragraph)
Schlosser has taken it upon himself to

1) Compare meals from different fast food companies

2) explain why fast food appeals to so many people

3) defend the popularity of fast food

4) persuade people never to eat at fast-food restaurants again

5) expose the fast-food industry for what it is and its far-reaching effects

4) Which of the following best describes the author’s approach toward her topic?

1) technical

2) informal

3) resentful

4) objective

5) respectful

5) Later in this essay the author writes, “It’s 6p.m Do you know where your chicken nuggets has been? It’s probably come off the overdeveloped breast of a new breed of chicken. It’s been reconstituted, stabilized, breaded, frozen, reheated, flavored with beef additives, and set on a plate containing twice as much fat per ounce as hamburger.”

Base on this information and the except, if the author were to write Goodman’s Second Rule for Dining, which would it most likely be?

1) Learn how your food is prepared

2) Eat a variety of healthful foods

3) Always avoid raw lobster

4) Never eat any type of chicken

5) Appreciate the food you have

Answers to the GED Language Arts & Reading Sample Test

1, 4, 5, 2, 1

That concludes the Language Arts and Reading GED pretest. The idea with test like the one above is to not get distracted by the other answer choices. As you can see there are some answer choices that have nothing to do with the question at all. If during your GED test you use process of elimination you will be able to easily eliminate these answers. Always read and re-read the questions and your answers. Make sure you can put the questions into your own words or rephrase it so it makes sense to you. Good Luck!

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.

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