GED practice test: free questions across the four subjects
Twelve questions, three per subject, written by us from the topics ged.com publishes. Each answer comes with its reasoning. Not real test questions.
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A phone plan costs $35 a month plus $0.10 for each text over 200. In March, Ana sent 260 texts. What was her bill?
Practice questions written by us from the published test topics. They are not real GED or HiSET questions, and this score does not predict an official score.
Prepared by Radif Partners · Method · fees and rules read on ged.com and hiset.org on October 22, 2026
This practice test mixes three questions from each GED subject: mathematical reasoning, reasoning through language arts, science and social studies. We wrote every question from the topics ged.com lists for each subject, and each one comes with the reasoning behind the right answer, so you can see what kind of thinking the subject asks for. They are not real GED questions, which are secure and never published, and your score here does not predict an official score. The real test has four separately booked subjects: math lasts 115 minutes, language arts 150 minutes with an essay, science 90 and social studies 70, and each passes at 145 on a scale of 100 to 200. For a score indicator, the official GED Ready practice test costs $7.99 a subject, and ged.com offers free preview tests at a quarter of the real length. Each subject page on this site has its own set of eight questions; this page is the quick check before you choose where to start.
How to use this test
Answer each question, check it, read the explanation, then move on. At the end you get a score out of 32. Three questions per subject are too few to judge your level precisely, but they show quickly where you hesitate. If you miss two or three in one subject, go to its page: math, language arts, science or social studies, where eight questions go deeper into the same topics.
The questions are ours. GED Testing Service keeps its test questions secure, and no honest practice site has them. What we can do is follow the published topics closely: basic math, geometry, algebra and graphs for math; reading for meaning, arguments and grammar for language arts; experiments and data for science; civics, history, economics and geography for social studies. Every answer was checked by hand, and the explanations show the step that leads to it.
Your real or GED Ready scores: do they pass?
Your GED result
1 to retake
| Math | 150 · Pass |
| Language arts (RLA) | 146 · Pass |
| Science | 158 · Pass |
| Social studies | 140 · 5 points short |
The traps these questions are built around
Each wrong choice is a mistake people really make. In math: taking two percentages off at once instead of one after the other, confusing a circle’s circumference with its area, dropping a minus sign when a negative number is squared or multiplied. In language arts: letting a phrase such as “of required documents” decide the verb instead of the real subject, or answering from what seems likely rather than from what the passage says. In science: mixing up the variable you change with the one you measure. In social studies: confusing amendments, or the Senate with the House. Reading why a tempting answer is wrong teaches more than the right answer alone.
What the real test looks like
| Subject | Time | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Mathematical reasoning | 115 min | Basic math, geometry, basic algebra, graphs and functions; formula sheet and on-screen calculator on part 2 |
| Reasoning through language arts | 150 min | Reading for meaning, identifying and creating arguments, grammar and language; one essay of 45 minutes |
| Science | 90 min | Reading for meaning in science, designing and interpreting experiments, numbers and graphics |
| Social studies | 70 min | Reading for meaning, historical events and arguments, numbers and graphs in social studies |
The test is taken on computer, at a test center or online, one subject per appointment. A TI-30XS calculator is allowed at a center for math, science and social studies, and an on-screen version is available. Scores come out the same day, subject by subject, on a scale of 100 to 200.
Free and paid practice, compared
Our questions are free and need no account. The free preview tests on ged.com are a quarter of the real length, untimed, in English and Spanish, with explanations; they also need no purchase. GED Ready, the official practice test, costs $7.99 a subject or $25.99 for the four, is half the length of the real test, timed, and ends with an indicator: Likely to Pass at 145 or more, Too Close to Call from 134 to 144, Not Likely to Pass below. A green result is required before each subject taken online. The GED Ready page compares its price with a retake in your state.
A study plan that fits a job
Most people preparing for the GED work or care for family. A steady routine helps more than long sessions: a short daily block on the weakest subject, a practice set at the end of each week, and one subject booked at a time once the practice scores hold up. The timeline calculator turns your own weekly hours into a finish date with the waiting rules of your state, and the classes page explains the free adult education programs that teach the four subjects.
After the practice test
When you feel ready in one subject, book it alone; there is no need to wait until all four are ready. Each subject you pass stays passed. Before you book, check what it costs in your state on the cost page, and whether your state pays the first attempt on the free GED page.