Preparing for your GED (General Education) Test

The GED test includes the following four sections:

  • Reasoning through the Language Arts
    • Covers all the literacy components of the GED tests. You have 150 minutes overall.
  • Social Studies
    • Covers various kinds of source texts, where you will need to analyze and evaluate the content provided. You have 70 minutes for the 50 questions.
  • Science
    • Covers two main themes, human health, and living systems as well as energy and related systems. This test also focuses on physical science, life science, and earth-space science. You have 90 minutes overall.
  • Mathematical Reasoning
    • Covers different question formats emphasizing both workplace-related and academic mathematics. About 45 percent of the test is quantitative problem solving, with the remaining about algebra. You have 115 minutes to complete this test.