These practice tests are not related to the GED Ready® – The Official Practice Test produced and distributed by GED Testing Service LLC. For the last 2 to 3 weeks before taking a test, spend almost all your time engaged in mixed review that mimic the actual test instead of the lesson by lesson approach you took when you were first learning.These practice questions are provided by Onsego. It's important, as you work through the math, to engage in periodic review activities. Engage in plenty of MIXED REVIEW before you test.Don't jump all over the internet watching random videos like many students do. When you first learn new concepts, make sure you go in a logical order as math builds.Great question: 90% of the time that students contact me because they keep failing math, it's actually a study skills issue more than a math issue. For the last 2 to 3 weeks before taking a test, spend almost all your time engaged in mixed review that mimic the actual test instead of a lesson by lesson approach. Practice each new skill you learn if you actually want to remember it for test day. You need to spend AT LEAST as much time practicing as you do learning.The GED is a reasoning test, not a memorization test. Make sure that whatever instructor you are learning from (and there are so many good ones on YouTube) is teaching you mathematical reasoning, not just listing steps.
Focus on understanding WHY the math works. DO NOT focus on memorizing processes, like the steps to adding fractions or doing percents by hand.When you first learn, make sure you go in a logical order as math builds.Let me know if you need help to determine what math this is. Too many students spend way too much time studying math that isn't important to the test. Make sure that what you are studying is actually the math most tested on the GED.Here are some general wisdom principles for those who struggle with math: What resources have you been using to study? What is your study method/plan? Praying for you right now, Trinity! You've got this! So proud of you! If you know any breathing techniques for anxiety, great, but even if you don't, calm deep breathing can help reset your nervous system and get it out of panic mode. You will experience less anxiety knwoing that all the questions are already answered and you aren't "running out of time" so you will be able to think more clearly as you try to puzzle them out.ĥ) If you find your anxiety super high while testing, take a minute to stop and breath deeply for 20 to 30 seconds. You only need half right to pass.Ĭ) Once you get through the test that way, then go back and check out those flagged questions you think you can figure out. When you encounter one you have no idea about, just guess and don't worry. When you encounter one that you think you can figure out, make your best guess, then flag it to come back to. Your first goal is to finish all the problems you know how to do. Those you know how to do, those you think you can figure out and those that sound like complete nonsense and you have no idea about. Try estimating if you aren't sure or, if you have no idea, just guess and move on.ī) As you do the rest of the test, you will encounter three kinds of problems. Remember, you can totally get all 5 wrong and still have a very high score. Try them if they are something you know how to do but don't let yourself get intimidated. It really doesn't matter how many times you fail, no one will ever know.Ĥ) As you take your test, use the following strategy.Ī) The first 5, without the calc, tend to be very challenging. Remind yourself that this is a LOW STAKES TEST. Feeling rushed increases anxiety.ģ) Remind yourself that you know this stuff and you studied. Resist the urge to cram in the morning as well it increases anxiety.Ģ) Plan to arrive at the testing center at least 45 minutes before your expected time (or log in early if you're testing online). Do relaxing things like reading a magazine or take a bath and get to bed at a decent time. Don't engage in a ton of screen time, it messes with your sleep cycles. Anxiety can definitely affect your test scores.