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What are GED Tests Like

Five separate tests make up the GED 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)

15% Organization
30% Sentence Structure
30% Usage
25% Mechanics
Writing Skills, Part II (45 minutes)

Essay
Social Studies (50 questions, 70 minutes)

15% History
30% Geography
30% Civics and Government
25% Economics
Science (50 questions, 80 minutes)

45% Life Science
20% Earth and Space Science
35% Physical Sciences
Language Arts, Reading (40 questions, 60 minutes)

20% Comprehension
15% Application
30-35% Analysis
30-35% Synthesis
Mathematics (50 questions, 90 minutes)