Four subjects · 2240 questions · free
Passing is a number.
Here is where you stand.
The GED reports every subject on a 100 to 200 scale, and 145 is the line. Take a practice test here and you get that number back, not a percentage you have to translate.
The GED score scale
Every subject test reports on this range.
- 100 to 144Not yet passing
- Below the passing line. Keep drilling the weak topics.
- 145 to 164GED Passing Score
- Earns the credential in every state that uses the GED test.
- 165 to 174College Ready
- May waive placement testing at participating colleges.
- 175 to 200College Ready + Credit
- Can earn up to 3 college credits per subject.
Choose a subject
Each subject has full-length practice tests plus topic drills. Every question comes with an explanation of why the right answer is right and why the tempting one is not.
115 min on test day
Mathematical Reasoning
560 practice questions with worked explanations, full-length practice tests, and 4 topic study guides.
- Number Operations
- Algebra
- Geometry
- Data Analysis
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90 min on test day
Science
560 practice questions with worked explanations, full-length practice tests, and 4 topic study guides.
- Life Science
- Physical Science
- Earth and Space Science
- Scientific Practices
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150 min on test day
Reasoning Through Language Arts
560 practice questions with worked explanations, full-length practice tests, and 3 topic study guides.
- Reading Comprehension
- Writing and Organization
- Grammar and Usage
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70 min on test day
Social Studies
560 practice questions with worked explanations, full-length practice tests, and 4 topic study guides.
- U.S. History
- Civics and Government
- Economics
- Geography
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How the GED test works
The GED is four separate subject tests that can be taken on four different days. Mathematical Reasoning runs 115 minutes, Reasoning Through Language Arts 150 minutes, Science 90 minutes, and Social Studies 70 minutes. You pass each one independently, and a failed subject does not cost you the ones you already passed.
Every subject is scored from 100 to 200. A 145 passes. A 165 is reported as College Ready and may waive placement testing at participating colleges. A 175 or higher can earn college credit. Those thresholds matter when you plan: if you are heading to community college, aiming for 165 rather than 145 can save you a semester of remedial coursework.
Where most people lose points on the GED test
Across all four subjects, the most common failure is not missing knowledge but answering from impression instead of evidence. Science and Social Studies hand you a chart or a passage and ask what it supports; the wrong answers are usually true statements that the document simply does not show. Language Arts works the same way. Math is the exception, where the losses are mechanical: sign errors, radius versus diameter, and answering the intermediate step instead of the final question.
Retake the same practice set twice, a few days apart. A score that holds steady is a real measurement. A score that jumps twenty points means the first attempt was mostly guessing, which is useful to know before test day.