GED Resources
Welcome to our GED Resource Library!
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Below, we have study resources for each of the four GED test subjects. Each subject page will breakdown the subject into different chapters for you to explore at your own pace.
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Social Studies
Access different study guides for different concepts that appear on the social studies portion of the GED. Each packet will walk you through with explanations, examples, and practice problems.
A short introduction to the Social Studies portion of the GED exam. This includes information about what types of questions will appear on the exam, things you should know before going in, as well as the answer key to all the practice problems that appear in each chapter of material.
This chapter focuses on the structure and principles of the U.S. government.
This section focuses on important historical events and documents that have contributed to the shaping of the American government.
This section will go over concepts of economics, as well as a deeper look into key economic developments in America.
This section looks at other countries and their populations, as well as the physical makeup of the world.
This posttest is designed to be taken after studying all the above chapters. It should give you insight into how prepared you are to take the Social Studies test. Please note that this posttest is not meant to simulate the actual GED test.
Language Arts
Access different study guides for different concepts that appear on the language arts portion of the GED. Each packet will walk you through with explanations, examples, and practice problems.
A short introduction to the Language Arts portion of the GED exam. This includes information about what types of questions will appear on the exam, things you should know before going in, as well as the answer key to all the practice problems that appear in each chapter of material.
This packet will help you learn how to construct paragraphs to support your main idea, as well as how to arrange multiple paragraphs in an essay.
This packet will help you improve your reading comprehension. It contains practice problems that help with identifying unknown words, as well as exercises for finding the main ideas and summarizing.
This packet will walk you through understanding informational, or non-fiction, texts. You'll learn how to identify, understand, and analyze informational texts.
This section explores texts where the author takes a position or expresses an opinion about a topic and writes with the purpose of persuading the audience.
This packet explores the elements of fiction writing, like plot, characterization, setting, point of view, tone, and theme.
Science
Access different study guides for different concepts that appear on the science portion of the GED. Each packet will walk you through with explanations, examples, and practice problems.
A short introduction to the science portion of the GED exam. This includes information about what types of questions will appear on the exam, things you should know before going in, as well as the answer key to all the practice problems that appear in each chapter of material.
We split this packet into two to make it more manageable. This first half covers scientific language and vocabulary, an introduction to biology, cell functions, and an introduction to genetics.
We split this packet into two to make it more manageable. This half finishes the discussion on genetics, then looks at the human body and its functions, evolution, sequencing, and ecosystems.
Math
Access different study guides for different concepts that appear on the math portion of the GED. Each packet will walk you through with explanations, examples, and practice problems.
A short introduction to the math portion of the GED exam. This includes information about what types of questions will appear on the exam, things you should know before going in, as well as the answer key to all the practice problems that appear in each chapter of material.
This packet is designed to help you understand whole numbers. It will walk you through reading and writing whole numbers, as well as adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing them.
This packet will help you understand fractions. You'll learn how to identify fractions, as well as how to simplify them, add, subtract, multiply, and divide them.
This packet goes over working with decimals. You'll learn how to read and write decimals, as well as how to convert fractions to decimals. You'll also be shown how to add, subtract, multiply, and divide decimals.
This packet will tell you what an integer is and how to work with them. You'll learn more about negative numbers and value, as well as how to incorporate negative numbers into operations. This chapter also introduces working with exponents.
This work sheet will help prepare you for the portion of the GED math test that does not allow a calculator.
Test Taking
Here are a few resources to help you prepare for taking the exam.
This website will show your student how the calculator on the GED math portion will function. It goes over opening the calculator, basic operations, and provides practice with using the test interface.
This website will allow students to practice and experiment with the online testing interface. If you plan to test at our office, this will be helpful if you want to see how the online test format works beforehand.
This article, published by the official GED website, gives some tips to help reduce the anxiety you may feel before a test.
This article provides some good tips on test taking, which will help you go into your next test feeling confident and prepared.
Can't find what you're looking for?
This isn't all of our resources! Contact your program coordinator to ask about specific subjects and topics that you need more help with, as we may have a resource better suited to your needs at our learning center.