Barron's GED High School Equivalency Exam

✍ Scribed by Murray Rockowitz, Ph.D., Murray Rockowitz, Samuel C. Brownstein, Max Peters, Ira K. Wolf, Ph.D., Johanna M. Bolton

• Publisher: Barron's Educational Series
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 942
• Edition: 15
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Updated to reflect the latest GED High School Equivalency Exam, this comprehensive manual presents a diagnostic test and two full-length practice exams with all questions answered and explained. Test-takers will also profit from the book's extensive subject reviews that cover all test topics: Language Arts--Writing Parts I and II, Social Studies, Science, Language Arts--Reading, and Mathematics. An overview explains the test's several parts and their time allotments and offers study advice and test-taking tips. Headings are printed in a second color for easy reference.

✦ Table of Contents

Copyright......Page 3
Contents......Page 4
Preface......Page 8
INTRODUCTION TO THE GED EXAM......Page 10
Preparing forthe GED Exam......Page 12
A Diagnostic Exam......Page 22
LANGUAGE ARTS, WRITING, PART I......Page 116
Sentence Structure......Page 118
Usage......Page 136
Mechanics......Page 162
Organization......Page 178
Additional Writing Skills......Page 190
Practice with Sample Test Paragraphs......Page 216
LANGUAGE ARTS, WRITING, PART II......Page 226
The Essay......Page 228
SOCIAL STUDIES......Page 276
Reading and Interpreting Social Studies Materials......Page 278
Handling Social Studies Skills Questions......Page 340
Social Studies Practice......Page 386
SCIENCE......Page 402
Reading and Interpreting Science Questions......Page 404
Handling Science Skills Questions......Page 420
Science Practice......Page 442
LANGUAGE ARTS, READING......Page 482
Reading and Interpreting Literature and the Arts......Page 484
Language Arts and Reading Practice......Page 516
MATHEMATICS......Page 548
Overview......Page 550
Numbers and Basic Operations......Page 558
Fractions and Measurements......Page 592
Decimals and Percents......Page 624
Data Analysis......Page 654
Algebra......Page 666
Geometry......Page 700
Test-taking Strategies......Page 728
Practice Mathematics Test......Page 734
TWO PRACTICE EXAMS......Page 750
PRACTICE EXAM ONE......Page 756
PRACTICE EXAM TWO......Page 846
Acknowledgments......Page 934
Back Cover......Page 942